Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared on Saturday that his country is “ready to do whatever it takes” to end the war with Russia, ahead of a meeting on Sunday in Florida with President Donald Trump.
In a series of posts on
“There are no other options here. And this is a risk for all countries in the world. Because Russia, regardless of any agreements, will not stop any eloquent message from them. They will not stop at Ukraine,” Zelenskiy warned. He is scheduled to meet with Trump in Florida on Sunday, where Zelenskyy said he will share a 20-point peace proposal to end the conflict with Russia.
The reports came after Russia launched a new nighttime attack on Kiev, involving hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles. Zelensky said the attack put a spotlight on the “true attitude” of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his inner circle.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and President Donald Trump. (Viktor Kovalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images; Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP; Alex Brandon/AP)
The overnight blitz in Ukraine’s capital left at least one person dead and 27 injured, local authorities told The Associated Press.
“Another Russian attack is still ongoing: since last night there have been almost 500 drones – a large number of ‘shaheds’ – as well as 40 missiles, including Kinzhals. The primary target is Kiev – energy facilities and civilian infrastructure,” Zelenskyy wrote on Saturday morning on
“Many questions have arisen in recent days – so where is Russia’s answer to the proposals to end the war offered by the United States and the world? Russian representatives are conducting lengthy talks, but in reality Kinzhals and ‘Shaheds’ speak for them. This is the true attitude of Putin and his inner circle,” Zelenskyy added. “They do not want to end the war and are trying to use every opportunity to inflict more suffering on Ukraine and increase their pressure on others around the world.”
Zelensky also said on Saturday: “If Russia turns even the Christmas and New Year period into a time of destroyed houses and burned down apartments, of destroyed power plants, then this sick activity can only be responded to with really strong steps.”
“The United States has this capacity. Europe has this capacity. Many of our partners have this capacity. The key is to use it,” he stated.
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A drone hits an apartment building in Kiev during the Russian attack on Ukraine on Saturday, December 27, 2025. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)
Zelenskyy added in another X post later Saturday morning: “Ukraine didn’t start this war. Russia started it.”
“Ukraine supported President Trump’s proposal for a ceasefire. Ukraine has agreed to many different compromises, and this is documented in our draft agreements, in our 20-point plan. Ukraine is ready to do whatever it takes to stop this war. For us, priority number one – or the only priority – is to end the war,” Zelenskyy continued.
“For us, the priority is peace. We must be strong at the negotiating table. To be strong we need the support of the world: Europe and the United States. And this includes air defense – which is currently insufficient, weapons – which are currently insufficient, and money – fortunately there is now a European decision, but frankly there is a continuing shortage of resources, especially for the production of weapons and, most importantly, drones,” he said.
Trump has said ahead of the meeting with Zelenskyy that he will give the final say on a peace deal to end the conflict.
“He has nothing until I approve it,” Trump said told Politico on Friday. “So we’ll see what he’s got.”
Rescue workers work at the site of a building damaged by a Russian attack in Kiev, Ukraine, on Saturday, December 27, 2025. (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday that it had carried out a “massive attack” overnight, using “long-range precision-guided weapons from land, air and sea, including Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles” and drones, on energy infrastructure facilities “used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces”, as well as on “Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises”.
The ministry said the attack was in response to Ukraine’s attacks on “civilian objects” in Russia.
Earlier on Saturday, the ministry said its air defenses shot down seven Ukrainian drones over the Russian regions of Krasnodar and Adygeya in one night.
Flames rise from a residential building after a Russian attack on Kiev, Ukraine, on Saturday, December 27, 2025. (State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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“Contrary to President Trump’s expectations and despite the willingness to make compromises by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russia again attacked the residential areas of Kiev,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on
