Pushing for an end to the nearly three-year war with Russia, Trump discussed the conflict in an interview with broadcaster Fox News that aired Monday.
Trump also emphasised reaping a return on investment with US aid to Ukraine, suggesting a trade for Kyiv's natural resources, such as rare minerals.
Trump also confirmed Monday that he will soon dispatch to Ukraine his special envoy Keith Kellogg, who is tasked with drawing up a proposal to halt the fighting.
Kyiv fears that any settlement that does not include hard military commitments -- such as NATO membership or the deployment of peacekeeping troops -- will just allow the Kremlin time to regroup and rearm for a fresh attack.
A source in Zelensky's office said Kellogg would arrive in Ukraine on February 20, without detailing where in the country he would visit.
Zelensky called Monday for “real peace and effective security guarantees” for Ukraine.
“All of this is being decided now,“ Zelensky added in a video address published on social media.
Trump has said he wants to broker an end to the war but has not outlined a detailed proposal to bring the two sides to the negotiating table.
Putin is demanding that Ukraine withdraw from swathes of its south and east that Kyiv still has control over, and considers closer ties between Ukraine and NATO inadmissable.
Russia says it has annexed five regions of Ukraine -- Crimea in 2014 and then Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk and Zaporizhzhia in 2022 -- though it does not have full control over them.
The New York Post reported Saturday that Trump told the publication he had spoken on the phone to Putin to discuss bringing an end to the conflict in Ukraine, saying the Russian leader had told him he “wants to see people stop dying”.
Organisers of the closely followed Munich Security Conference had confirmed earlier Monday that Zelensky would attend the Feb 14-16 summit.
There will be no representatives of the Russian government present, Heusgen said.
Moscow has also pursued a months-long bombing campaign against Ukrainian energy infrastructure, claiming the attacks targeted facilities that aid Kyiv's military
On Tuesday, the Ukrainian energy minister said the energy sector “continues to be under attack”, and Kyiv is “urgently apply emergency power supply restrictions” to “minimise possible consequences”.
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