Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said he sees Russia's war on Ukraine ending in 2025.
"I believe that in this year the war will properly end with a decent peace," Zelensky said at a press conference in Finland alongside Finnish President Alexander Stubb.
"We need security guarantees for Ukraine, though, otherwise Putin will come back with war."
Zelensky also said he will speak to U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday after the American leader's call Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin did not agree to a 30-day ceasefire as proposed by the U.S. and Ukraine.
However, he said Russia would immediately stop strikes on energy infrastructure, which Ukraine had also agreed to.
Reports of strikes hitting energy infrastructure continued to emerge from both sides of the conflict after the Trump-Putin call.
Zelensky pointed to Russian strikes after the call and said Putin's words are "different from reality".
Trump is seeking a swift peace in Ukraine. He has criticized the death and destruction, and the cost to American taxpayers of supporting Ukraine's defense against Russia's invasion.
Zelenksy reiterated that Kyiv's "red line" in future talks is Ukraine accepting that its "temporarily occupied territories" are Russian.
"We would not agree to that," he said in Finland.
This is a developing story and more information will be added soon.
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This story was originally published March 19, 2025 at 6:25 AM.