Zelensky said the issue of giving up land and the future of Moscow's occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant remain key unresolved issues of the US-backed plan to put an end to the war.
He shared that he considered the presence of international troops in Ukraine a necessary part of any US guarantee, a proposition that has been rejected in the past.
During his high-profile meeting with Trump recently, he shared that it was time the US stepped up and provided his nation with a security guarantee in the form of protection from US troops.
This protection would last for 50 years, but the news didn't sit down too well with the US, which shared that it was willing to do that for 15 years, to ensure peace and stability in the region.
Zelensky added that without any kind of security or protection guarantee, they cannot consider the end of the war.
"I told him that we really want to consider the chance of 30, 40, 50 years"- he revealed. 'The president shared how he would like to think about it!'