It is time to end the war, and the necessary steps must be taken by Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated, UNINA reports.

"The key thing is that this meeting [between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday] should open up a real path toward a just peace and a substantive discussion between leaders in a trilateral format: Ukraine, the United States and the Russian side. It is time to end the war and the necessary steps must be taken by Russia. We are counting on America. We are ready, as always, to work as productively as possible," the Ukrainian president noted in a post on X.