"During the call, there was a signal from Mr. Witkoff, who was also on the call, that Russia is ready to end the war, or at least to make a first step toward a ceasefire, and that this was the first such signal from them," Zelenskyy said. "Everyone on the call felt positive about this -- that there was some kind of shift."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy defiantly declared Saturday that his countrymen “will not give their land to the occupier,” after President Donald Trump suggested that a peace deal would include some “swapping” of territories with Russia.