Zelenskyy barely addressed Trump’s professed desire to bring a swift end to the war — although the US president and his advisers have recently said it could take six months to reach a deal, rather than his campaign boast of 24 hours. Nor did he address those Trump supporters who have called for an end to US aid to Ukraine.

Speaking at Davos, the leader said at least 200,000 European peacekeepers would be needed for a settlement to end the war with Russia Ukraine is working to set up a meeting between President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump,

"Trump told me and then publicly stated that he will do everything to end the war this year," said Zelenskyy. “I told him that this war is ours, we know all the pain points, we have lost our people… We want to end the war this year.