Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, rejecting Vladimir Putin’s demand that any talks be held in Moscow, proposed Kiev instead.

"He can come to Kiev," Zelenskyy told the U.S. broadcaster ABC News in an interview released on Saturday.

The Ukrainian leader said he cannot come to Moscow while his country is under attack from Russia and said Putin is only suggesting Moscow as a delaying tactic.

"I can't go to Moscow... when my country's under missiles, under attacks each day. I can't go to this capital of this terrorist. It's understandable and he understands it."

Speaking in English, Zelenskyy said that you can't trust Putin and that he was "playing games" with the United States.