Zelenskyy tells NPR Ukraine wants peace but will hit Russia until it follows ceasefire

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with NPR in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Svet Jacqueline for NPR hide caption Svet Jacqueline for NPR KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine remains focused on ending the war with Russia that has lasted nearly five years and continues to view the United States as a reliable partner, despite rocky relations with the Trump administration, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told NPR Tuesday. Zelenskyy said his military generals told him they'd received the message that they could lose access to U.S. weapons and intelligence, but that it hasn't happened yet. Asked whether the U.S. had stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine, Trump told reporters Tuesday: "We are helping them and we are sharing intel, we want the war to end." Zelenskyy said he wants the war to end too but Ukraine will keep striking Russia's war machine unless there is a ceasefire respected by both sides. Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't respond to diplomacy, the Ukrainian leader said, "he understands force." Zelenskyy also said he found out about President Trump's claim that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to an energy ceasefire "through social like you" — meaning, from Trump's...