Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Must Try to Ensure War Ends Next Year through Diplomacy

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a press conference after the 5th summit of the European Political Community (EPC) in Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary, 07 November 2024. (EPA)
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a press conference after the 5th summit of the European Political Community (EPC) in Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary, 07 November 2024. (EPA)
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Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Must Try to Ensure War Ends Next Year through Diplomacy

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a press conference after the 5th summit of the European Political Community (EPC) in Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary, 07 November 2024. (EPA)
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a press conference after the 5th summit of the European Political Community (EPC) in Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary, 07 November 2024. (EPA)

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said Ukraine must do all it can to ensure the war with Russia ends next year through diplomacy.

In a radio interview aired on Saturday, Zelenskiy conceded that the battlefield situation in eastern Ukraine was difficult and Russia was making advances. He said his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin was not interested in agreeing to a peace deal.

Zelenskiy said US legislation prevented him from meeting President-elect Donald Trump before his inauguration next January. The Ukrainian leader said he would only talk with Trump himself rather than any emissary or advisor.

"I, as the president of Ukraine, will only take seriously a conversation with the president of the United States of America, with all due respect to any entourage, to any people."

"From our side, we must do everything so that this war ends next year, ends through diplomatic means," Zelenskiy said.



Austria Arrests Teenager Over Foiled Plot to Attack Vienna Station

Police officers stand guard at the scene where a 14-year-old boy was killed and several others were wounded in a stabbing attack, in the town of Villach, Austria February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic/File Photo
Police officers stand guard at the scene where a 14-year-old boy was killed and several others were wounded in a stabbing attack, in the town of Villach, Austria February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic/File Photo
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Austria Arrests Teenager Over Foiled Plot to Attack Vienna Station

Police officers stand guard at the scene where a 14-year-old boy was killed and several others were wounded in a stabbing attack, in the town of Villach, Austria February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic/File Photo
Police officers stand guard at the scene where a 14-year-old boy was killed and several others were wounded in a stabbing attack, in the town of Villach, Austria February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic/File Photo

Austria arrested a 14-year-old on Feb. 10 on suspicion of planning a militant attack on Vienna's Westbahnhof train station.

The police found items at his home suggesting he supported ISIS, Austrian news agency APA reported on Wednesday.

According to Reuters, the report follows a knife attack in the southern town of Villach on Saturday, in which a 23-year-old Syrian refugee is suspected of having killed a teenager and wounded five people.

That man was rapidly radicalized after watching extremist videos on social media, Austrian authorities have said.