Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan offers “hope” that a similar approach could help bring an end to the war in Ukraine.
"Of course, it gives signals for us, and hope that with such pressure, what President Trump used in (the) Middle East to make peace, and I hope that he will use the same instrument - even more - to pressure (Russian President Vladimir) Putin to stop his war in Ukraine," Zelenskyy told Fox News.
He emphasized the importance of secondary sanctions on Russia. "The secondary sanctions (are) very painful for Russia. Everybody understands it. It depends on President Trump's will... and I'm asking him to... support this package of secondary sanctions," he said.
Zelenskyy acknowledged European progress on reducing Russian energy dependence, saying Europe "decreased 80% of their contracts on energy during all this period of war."
"But it's not enough," he added.
