Zelensky was speaking at a press conference in South Africa during his visit there on Thursday and emphasized that he remained open to everything Ukraine's partners suggested to b

Ukraine's leader has ruled out recognising Russian control of the peninsula as part of a Trump peace plan.

Russia said it was open to discussing a ceasefire with Ukraine, but could not do so because of Kyiv's ban on talks with Moscow.

Ukraine insists on an "immediate, full, and unconditional ceasefire," President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 23 amid strained peace efforts and intensifying Russian attacks. "That was the proposal put forward by the United States on March 11 of this year — and it was absolutely reasonable,

Russia accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday of wrecking diplomacy aimed at reaching a peace deal after he refused this week to agree to recognise Russia's annexation of Crimea.

U.S. President Donald Trump accused Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky of jeopardizing peace talks to end the war because the European nation would never recognize Russia's occupation of the Crimean Peninsula.