Zelenskyy says Ukraine, ahead of Trump meeting, is 'willing to do whatever it takes' to end war with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared Saturday that his state "is consenting to do immoderate it takes" to extremity its warfare pinch Russia up of a gathering Sunday successful Florida pinch President Donald Trump.

In a bid of posts connected X, nan Ukrainian leader said, "If nan full world – Europe and America – is connected our side, together we will extremity Putin," but, "if anyone – whether nan U.S. aliases Europe – is connected Russia’s side, this intends nan warfare will continue."

"There are nary different options here. And this is simply a consequence for each countries successful nan world. Because Russia will not stop, sloppy of immoderate agreements, immoderate eloquent messages from them. They will not extremity astatine Ukraine," Zelenskyy warned. He is group to meet pinch Trump successful Florida connected Sunday, wherever Zelenskyy said he will stock a 20-point bid proposal to extremity nan conflict pinch Russia. 

The posts came aft Russia launched a caller overnight onslaught against Kyiv involving hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles. Zelenskyy said nan onslaught put nan "true attitude" of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his soul circle connected display.

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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 successful Ukraine’s superior near astatine slightest 1 personification dormant and 27 injured, section authorities told The Associated Press. 

"Another Russian onslaught is still ongoing: since past night, location person been almost 500 drones – a ample number of ‘shaheds’ – arsenic good arsenic 40 missiles, including Kinzhals. The superior target is Kyiv – power accommodation and civilian infrastructure," Zelenskyy wrote connected X connected Saturday morning. "Regrettably, location person been hits, and mean residential buildings person been damaged. Rescuers are searching for a personification trapped nether nan rubble of 1 of them." 

"There person been galore questions complete nan past fewer days – truthful wherever is Russia’s consequence to nan proposals to extremity nan warfare offered by nan United States and nan world? Russian representatives prosecute successful lengthy talks, but successful reality, Kinzhals and ‘shaheds’ speak for them. This is nan existent cognition of Putin and his soul circle," Zelenskyy added. "They do not want to extremity nan warfare and seek to usage each opportunity to origin Ukraine moreover greater suffering and summation their unit connected others astir nan world."

Zelenskyy besides said Saturday that, "If Russia turns moreover nan Christmas and New Year play into a clip of destroyed homes and burned apartments, of ruined powerfulness plants, past this sick activity tin only beryllium responded to with truly strong steps." 

"The United States has this capability. Europe has this capability. Many of our partners person this capability. The cardinal is to usage it," he declared. 

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A drone hits an flat building successful Kyiv during Russia's onslaught connected Ukraine connected Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)

Zelenskyy added successful different X station later Saturday morning, "Ukraine did not commencement this war. Russia started it."

"Ukraine supported President Trump’s connection for a ceasefire. Ukraine has agreed to galore different compromises, and this is documented successful our draught agreements, successful our 20-point plan. Ukraine is consenting to do immoderate it takes to extremity this war. For us, privilege number 1 – aliases nan only privilege – is ending nan war," Zelenskyy continued.

"For us, nan privilege is peace. We request to beryllium beardown astatine nan negotiating table. To beryllium strong, we request nan support of nan world: Europe and nan United States. And this includes aerial defenses – which are presently insufficient, weaponry – which is presently insufficient, and money – thankfully, location is now a European decision, but, frankly, location is simply a changeless shortage of funds, successful peculiar for nan accumulation of weapons and, astir importantly, drones," he said.

Trump, up of nan gathering pinch Zelenskyy, has said he will call nan last shots connected a bid woody to extremity nan conflict.

"He doesn’t person thing until I o.k. it," Trump told Politico Friday. "So we’ll spot what he’s got." 

Rescuers activity connected nan segment of a building damaged by a Russian onslaught successful Kyiv, Ukraine, connected Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025.  (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

The Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday that it had carried retired a "massive strike" overnight, utilizing "long-range precision-guided weapons from land, air, and sea, including Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles" and drones, connected power infrastructure accommodation "used by nan Ukrainian Armed Forces," arsenic good arsenic "Ukrainian military-industrial analyzable enterprises." 

The ministry said nan onslaught came successful consequence to Ukraine’s attacks connected "civilian objects" successful Russia.

Earlier connected Saturday, nan ministry said its aerial defenses changeable down 7 Ukrainian drones complete nan Russian regions of Krasnodar and Adygeya overnight. 

Flames emergence from a residential building pursuing a Russian onslaught connected Kyiv, Ukraine, connected Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025.  (State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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"Contrary to President Trump’s expectations and contempt nan readiness to make compromises by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russia attacked again Kyiv’s residential districts," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote connected X. "I will speak coming astir nan chances for bid pinch nan leaders of Ukraine, Germany, France, nan UK, Italy, and nan EU."

Fox News Digital’s Diana Stancey and The Associated Press contributed to this report.