Zelenskiy says: Russia must be forced to make peace if Putin wants to fight

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks to the medina during a press conference, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 15, 2024. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Russia had to be forced to make peace as President Vladimir Putin wanted to fight, and that war was coming back to Russia after Moscow had taken it to other countries.

The Ukrainian leader, speaking in his nightly address, said that Kyiv's major cross-border assault into the western region of Kursk was a matter of security for Ukraine and that Kyiv had captured areas from where Russia had launched strikes.