Zelenskyy says the full withdrawal of Russian troops is the 'bare minimum' he will accept

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the full withdrawal of Russian troops is the bare minimum he will accept.

This is the bare minimum that we have to start. Zelenskyy told Margaret Brennan that it should be 100% withdrawal of troops to the borders that existed before the 24th of February.

Zelenskyy accused Putin of committing genocide in Ukraine in an interview on Sunday.

Russia's Defense Ministry announced last week that it would scale back assaults on the capital of Kyiv. One Ukrainian MP said the move was an attempt to save face, and that Russian forces were kicked out of the city, prompting concerns about whether the Kremlin really wants peace.

When the shelling is going on, I cannot have a meeting. The cease-fire should be the first thing. Zelenskyy said on Sunday that they could have a meeting with the Russian president. What is the purpose of this bloodshed, drama, performance? Let us sit down together.

Zelenskyy said he and Putin need to decide when the war will end, while still preserving Ukraine's sovereignty.

How can you imagine leaders of the global countries meeting when the tanks are still on our territory? The guns and the cannons and the tanks can't tell us what the future will be for Ukraine. He said that this is what Russia started when the war started.

During peace negotiations with Russia in Turkey, Ukraine offered to never join NATO and remain neutral in exchange for security guarantees.

The negotiations were not easy, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

Ukraine is very difficult for us. In its current state, it is hostile towards us.