Ukraine's Zelenskiy says Trump exerting undue pressure on him

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy looks on as he delivers a statement along with Bavarian federal state prime minister Markus Soeder (not pictured), chairman of the Munich Security Conference Wolfgang Ischinger (not pictured), Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (not pictured) during the Munich Security Conference MSC, at the Residenz of the former Bavarian Kings, in Munich, Germany, February 14, 2026. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/File Photo

Feb 17 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ⁠said U.S. President Donald Trump was exerting undue pressure on him in trying to ⁠secure a resolution to the nearly four-year-old war pitting Kyiv against Moscow.

Zelenskiy, in an ‌interview with U.S. website Axios published on Tuesday, also said any plan requiring Ukraine to give up territory that Russia had not captured in the eastern Donbas region would be rejected by Ukrainians if put to a referendum.