Zelensky Urges World Leaders To Push To End War By Year End: Report

In his closed-door address via video-link to the gathering of leaders in the German Alps, Volodymyr Zelensky said battle conditions would make it tougher for his troops as they mount their fightback.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday urged world leaders gathered at the G7 summit to do their utmost to end Russia's invasion of his country by the end of the year, a source told AFP.

In his closed-door address via video-link to the gathering of leaders in the German Alps, Zelensky said battle conditions would make it tougher for his troops as they mount their fightback. 

A war pushing past winter also risked raging further beyond, he said.

He therefore urged the G7 leaders to do their maximum to end the war by year's end, including by intensifying sanctions against Russia, the source said.