In a separate interview broadcast later on Saturday, Zelenskyy said he believed Trump truly wanted to see an end to the war, nearing the three-year mark next month.
“For now, we don’t know how this will happen because we don’t know the details,” Zelenskyy told Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, released this month after being detained for 21 days in Iran.
“I believe President Trump himself does not know all the details. Because I would say so much depends on what sort of just peace we can achieve. And whether Putin wants, in principle, to stop the war. I believe he doesn’t want to.”
Trump, he said, understood all the challenges associated with the peace process “and he is simply saying this has to end or it will get worse”.
Trump has expressed willingness to speak to Putin about ending the war, a contrast with the outgoing administration of Joe Biden who shunned the Russian leader.
