Zelenksyy hopes Ukraine war will end in 2025 through diplomacy not fighting

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he hopes the war with Russia will end in 2025 through diplomatic means.

In a radio interview on Friday, Zelenskyy said Ukraine must do everything possible to end the war next year through talks rather than military force.

"We are at war, I don't want to compare, but we are at war with a state that does not value its people, that has a lot of equipment, that does not care how many people die, that's what is happening," he said.

"And on our part, we have to do everything we can to ensure that this war ends next year, through diplomatic routes, to end it. And this, I think, is very important."

In the same interview Zelenskyy claimed that Ukraine’s military has become one of the most powerful in the world.

In almost three years of war, Kyiv has received almost €120 billion of military aid, mostly from Western allies.

41% of that assistance is from the United States with Germany, Denmark, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands accounting for the top five donor countries.

But Zelenskyy said Ukraine had achieved breakthroughs in its own weapons production, including missiles, naval drones and electronic warfare systems.

"We are technologically the strongest in Europe, for sure. Because we have modern practices based on modern long warfare. That's why we have drones, electronic warfare systems, long-range drones and counter-insurgency," he said.

On Saturday, Zelenskyy said he was certain the war will "end sooner" once Donald Trump enters the White House in January.

Zelensky said he had a "constructive exchange" with the president-elect when they spoke on the phone after Trump's election victory earlier this month.

Trump has long been critical of US military aid to Ukraine and questions have