Zelenskyy: War With Russia is 'Closer to an End' Than Many Believe

The Facts

• In an interview with ABC News released on Monday, Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he thinks that the war with Russia is "closer to an end" than many believe.

• Zelenskyy made the remarks as he arrived in the US ahead of two days of UN General Assembly meetings. During the visit, he is scheduled to meet US Pres. Joe Biden on Thursday and brief him on Ukraine's "victory plan" — Zelenskyy's vision for bringing the two-and-a-half-year conflict to a close.

• The Ukrainian leader is also set to present the plans to the Democrat presidential candidate, Vice Pres. Kamala Harris, on Thursday, as well as her Republican counterpart, former Pres. Donald Trump, later in the week — though a meeting for the latter has not been publicly confirmed.