Ukraine Wants Progress on Peace Negotiations Before Winter, Zelenskyy Says

The Institute for the Study of War said Russia’s battlefield performance reveals that ’the character of the war is shifting in favor of Ukrainian forces.’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2026. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he wants to press on with peace negotiations before winter sets in to take advantage of Kyiv’s strategic gains.

Zelenskyy said in an interview with CBS’s “Face the Nation,” recorded on May 29 and aired two days later, that Russia began to lose the battlefield initiative in December 2025.