Russia’s war on Ukraine ‘must be brought to an end’, Zelenskyy says

Ukraine’s president says communication between Washington and Kyiv ‘virtually nonstop’, despite a spat with Trump.Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the war with Russia “must be brought to an end” and that his country is preparing for the “next steps” of diplomacy to end the conflict.Zelenskyy said on X on Sunday that he had a “conversation with the American president’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner”. He added that “a lot depends” on the US position, but it’s clear there are “many things that matter to all of us”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Rubio says Ukraine without access to Starshield, future ‘under discussion’list 2 of 3Russia’s war in Ukraine puts Europe on edgelist 3 of 3Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s St Petersburg kills 1, hits energy sitesend of listThe Ukrainian leader’s comments come amid a significant diplomatic fallout with US President Donald Trump, who on Saturday waived expected sanctions targeting Russia’s energy economy and previously called renewed Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure “a disgrace”.Nonetheless, Zelenskyy said his team is in “virtually nonstop communication” with their US counterparts and said a focus of dialogue is on the results of the talks in Florida and further steps.US wavers on Ukraine’s access to techAlso on Sunday, Zelenskyy said he was “thankful” that the US had resumed intelligence sharing with Ukraine after a pause left Ukraine particularly vulnerable to Russia’s regular ballistic missile attacks.“It was blocked for some period of time. And then it was deblocked by the American side,” Zelenskyy told NBC, adding: “Only [the] United States has this unique intelligence to tell our side when Russia uses ballistic missiles. And we didn’t get it during ballistic attacks during three days”.Kyiv has also reported restrictions on the speed of satellite service Starshield, a military-grade version of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite connectivity network, provided to Ukraine by Musk’s company SpaceX.Ukraine said its relays were experiencing a limit on how fast receivers could travel while maintaining connectivity, making it almost impossible to intercept Russia’s upgraded jet-powered long-range drones.