January 1, 2026

A potential peace agreement to end Russia’s war in Ukraine is “90 percent ready,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his New Year’s address to the nation late Wednesday night.

“Ten percent remains … Those 10 percent contain, in fact, everything,” he said in a 20-minute speech focused on the war, which in 2026 is entering its fifth year. “Those are the 10 percent that will determine the fate of peace, the fate of Ukraine and Europe, how people will live.”

He explained that while Ukraine’s position had been heard internationally, it had not yet been fully accepted. “Have our arguments been heard? We very much hope so. Have they agreed with us? Not fully. Not yet. That is precisely why, for now, we speak of 90 percent, not the full 100 percent, readiness of a peace agreement,” he said.

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