It is crucial for the United States not to take out the Russian president Vladimir Putin From political and economic isolation, the Ukrainian President said Volodimir Zelenski In an interview on March 26th.

Zelenski’s statements come one day after Russia and the Ukraine They agreed to implement a partial ceasefire on attacks on energy infrastructure and hostilities in the Black Sea with US mediation. In return, the US has agreed to expand Russia’s access to global markets, according to kyivindependent.com.

“It is very important for America not to help Putin come out of world isolation now,” Zelenski said during a visit to Paris. “I think this is dangerous. This is one of the most dangerous moments. “

Putin hopes to “remain in power until his death,” Zelenski said, and his ambitions are not limited to Ukraine, but could lead to a “immediate confrontation with the West”.

Zelenski called on the US and Europe to remain united in Putin’s pressure. The Russian leader fears the European-American alliance and hopes to break it down, Zelenski said.

Putin is also afraid of his mortality, he added. “He will die soon, this is a fact, and everything will be over,” Zelenski said.

In a statement issued after the last round of talks with Russian representatives in Saudi Arabia, the US promised to relax some sanctions on Russia as part of a limited ceasefire agreement.

The US “will help restore Russia’s access to the world market for exports of agricultural and fertilizers, reduce the cost of insurance in shipping and boost access to ports and payment systems for such transactions,” a statement said.

During the negotiations, no concessions have been made from Russia.

Ukraine had already accepted Washington’s proposal on March 11th for a full ceasefire for 30 days – provided that Russia would adhere to the same terms – but Moscow refused.

Zelenski said the limited ceasefire in the Black Sea “is definitely a step towards ending the war”, but stressed Ukraine’s commitment to a total cessation of hostilities. “In general, we were ready for a complete ceasefire.”

The Ukrainian president also expressed the hope that the United States would remain “strong” against the Russian demands to remove sanctions as a prerequisite for the ceasefire in the Black Sea.

Moscow said the maritime truce announced on Tuesday to allow the safe crossing of merchant ships will only begin when Western restrictions on Russia’s food and fertilizers are lifted.

Speaking during an interview with a panel in Paris with journalists from all over Europe, Zelenski was asked by the BBC if the US resisted Russian pressures and replied: “I hope. May God bless them, they will. But we’ll see it. “

Speaking to the panel in Paris, Zelenski said he was “very grateful” for support from the US, but said he was afraid that some were “under the influence of Russian narratives”. “We cannot agree with these narratives,” he said.

When asked if US President Donald Trump has a closer relationship with himself or Russian President Vladimir Putin, Zelenski said he did not know. “I don’t know, it’s hard for me to say,” he noted. “I don’t know what relationships he has, I don’t know how many discussions he has done.”

The Ukrainian leader was also asked about the comments of Trump’s envoy to Ukraine, Steve Whitkov, who rejected Europe’s efforts to create a “coalition of the willing” to support Ukraine in an interview last week. In response, Zelenski said he would not “rush to conclusions”. He said that Whitkov, who has a past in real estate development, had no “experience”. “As far as I know, he knows very well how to buy and sell real estate, but that is a bit different,” the Ukrainian president said.

He also said that Europe was “greatly strengthened” during the war.

The BBC also asked Zelenski how they would remember him in the books of History: as the man who saved Ukraine or as the man who let her fall? “I don’t know what history books will write about me,” he said. “This is not my purpose or goal.” He said his goal is to defend Ukraine and see his children “walking the streets without hiding.”

“I will do everything I can by the end of my days to defend Ukraine as much as I can,” he added.

Concerning whether he should be allowed to join NATO, Zelenski said his “hard -working” nation would make the alliance stronger, though he noted that the Trump government had excluded Kiev’s accession.

The interview took place shortly after Zelenski’s meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, where the Eiffel Tower was illuminated in the colors of the Ukrainian flag in his honor.

The Ukrainian president returned to Europe to rally his allies and persuade them to take Putin’s threat seriously.

Now they do it – some could say they are trying to do it – but they were previously based on Americans to do the heavy work in terms of military capacity.

After all that Trump has said in the last two months, Europeans realize that Americans may not be there in the future, which has caused reflection in Europe.

The challenge for Zelenski is to persuade them to hand over cash commitments and not just words.

His meeting with Macron has already proven to be fruitful, with the French president announcing a new 2 billion -euro military aid package for the war.

Referring to the Kremlin’s request to lift sanctions, Macron said Moscow could not “dictate the terms” for peace, adding that it is too early to consider the possibility of European sanctions against Russia.

It is noted that European leaders are meeting in Paris today to discuss the war in Ukraine. The “coalition of the willing” – which does not include the US – is trying to form an agreement on the support that European and other nations could offer to maintain a future ceasefire if it is agreed.