The head of state said this in an interview with Channel 4 News, Ukrinform reports.
"He [Putin] does not want any peace with Ukraine," Zelensky said.
He also stated that he could not imagine signing a peace agreement, according to which the temporarily occupied territory of Donbas and Crimea would be part of Russia.
"If we want to stop him [Putin], if the world does not want it to happen again, so that there is no such aggression in a few years, then it is better to deal with it now," Zelensky said.
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He also added: "If we really want to have peace in Europe - not only in Ukraine, but also in Ukraine and in Europe - we all need to understand that Ukraine is truly independent."
At the same time, he noted that "of course, it is better to find a political way to return our independence."
