00:35Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed he wanted to end the conflict with Russia as he didn't 'have too much time', admitting there were many 'wounded and dead on the battlefield', ahead of the EU summit in Brussels on Thursday.
"We have to find and prepare this plan and to put this plan on the table during months," he said. "We don't have too much time because we have a lot of wounded and dead people on the battlefield and through civilians. That's why we don't want to have this war during years. So, that's why we want to prepare joint plan, put it on the table on Second Peace Summit."
The first 'peace summit' - held without Russian participation - took place in Burgenstock, Switzerland. Around 100 countries participated in the summit, while just 80 agreed to the final statement.
Key Global South nations including India, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, as well as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia all took part but were among those not endorsing the final statement. Brazil, attending as an 'observer', also did not sign the statement either.
China did not send an envoy, while Moscow rejected the legitimacy of any 'peace conference' held without its participation.
Meanwhile, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said Moscow would be ready for peace talks following the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from four regions - the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, (DPR and LPR) Kherson and Zaporozhye - and if Kiev scrapped plans to join NATO. The areas joined Russia in 2022, following a number of referenda - which Kiev dismissed as 'annexation'.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the DPR and LPR, claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
'We have a lot of wounded and dead on the battlefield' - Zelensky admits he 'doesn't have too much time' to agree peace deal
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed he wanted to end the conflict with Russia as he didn't 'have too much time', admitting there were many 'wounded and dead on the battlefield', ahead of the EU summit in Brussels on Thursday.
"We have to find and prepare this plan and to put this plan on the table during months," he said. "We don't have too much time because we have a lot of wounded and dead people on the battlefield and through civilians. That's why we don't want to have this war during years. So, that's why we want to prepare joint plan, put it on the table on Second Peace Summit."
The first 'peace summit' - held without Russian participation - took place in Burgenstock, Switzerland. Around 100 countries participated in the summit, while just 80 agreed to the final statement.
Key Global South nations including India, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, as well as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia all took part but were among those not endorsing the final statement. Brazil, attending as an 'observer', also did not sign the statement either.
China did not send an envoy, while Moscow rejected the legitimacy of any 'peace conference' held without its participation.
Meanwhile, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said Moscow would be ready for peace talks following the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from four regions - the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, (DPR and LPR) Kherson and Zaporozhye - and if Kiev scrapped plans to join NATO. The areas joined Russia in 2022, following a number of referenda - which Kiev dismissed as 'annexation'.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the DPR and LPR, claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed he wanted to end the conflict with Russia as he didn't 'have too much time', admitting there were many 'wounded and dead on the battlefield', ahead of the EU summit in Brussels on Thursday.
"We have to find and prepare this plan and to put this plan on the table during months," he said. "We don't have too much time because we have a lot of wounded and dead people on the battlefield and through civilians. That's why we don't want to have this war during years. So, that's why we want to prepare joint plan, put it on the table on Second Peace Summit."
The first 'peace summit' - held without Russian participation - took place in Burgenstock, Switzerland. Around 100 countries participated in the summit, while just 80 agreed to the final statement.
Key Global South nations including India, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, as well as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia all took part but were among those not endorsing the final statement. Brazil, attending as an 'observer', also did not sign the statement either.
China did not send an envoy, while Moscow rejected the legitimacy of any 'peace conference' held without its participation.
Meanwhile, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said Moscow would be ready for peace talks following the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from four regions - the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, (DPR and LPR) Kherson and Zaporozhye - and if Kiev scrapped plans to join NATO. The areas joined Russia in 2022, following a number of referenda - which Kiev dismissed as 'annexation'.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the DPR and LPR, claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.