Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday contested his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to match him eastern Ukraine‘s Donbass place for discussions on ending the battle there along with easing tensions between both nations.

Issuing the invitation at a video speech while in the late day, Zelenskiy also advocated Kyiv’s Western backers to offer”clear signs” which they were eager to encourage the nation in its stand off with Russia.

Kyiv and Moscow have exchanged blame for rising clashes at the Donbass, where Allied troops have fought Russian-backed forces at a battle which Ukraine says has killed 14,000 people since 2014.

Ukraine, its own European allies and NATO have accused Russia of some”provocative” buildup of troops on Ukraine’s eastern boundary and in Crimea. Russia subsequently accused the United States and also NATO of all”provocative activity” at the Black Sea region.

“Mr PutinI am prepared to go further and tempt one to meet any place in the Donbass, at which there’s actually a war,” Zelenskiy explained.

The standoff has prompted Ukraine to advocate NATO member nations to admit Ukraine in to the military cooperation. In addition, it predicted on the European Union to impose new economic sanctions on Moscow but admitted that EU mightn’t be ready to accomplish this yet.

“Our taxpayers want clear signs that at the year of this war, a nation that’s a guard for Europe at the expense of its own lives, will get aid not as spouses, by the racks, however as players about precisely the identical team, entirely on the area, shoulder to shoulder,” Zelenskiy explained.

Ukraine would like to terminate the conflict through diplomacy but is still prepared to defend itself when attacked, he also added.

“Can Ukraine need the warfare? No. However, is Ukraine ready for its war? Yes”