However, he warned that it will take time for Kiev's demands to be met.
"We all want peace and victory as soon as possible," the Ukrainian leader said, but "it will take effort and patience."
Every war ends with an agreement, Zelensky continued, assuring that negotiations "will continue."
Ukrainian and Russian negotiators discussed via video link on Monday and Tuesday. Ukrainian presidential adviser Mikhailo Podolyak said last night that the talks would resume today.
Kiev is demanding an end to the war and the withdrawal of Russian troops. For its part, Moscow is demanding that Kiev recognize that the Crimean peninsula, which it annexed in 2014, is Russian and also recognize the self-proclaimed Donbas People's Republics as independent state entities.
Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated that what he called Russia's war of aggression would bring Moscow shame, poverty and years of isolation.
However, he appeared to make a concession to Moscow, suggesting that Kiev does not rule out the possibility that Ukraine might give up its bid to join NATO, which Russia considers a casus belli.
In a Kremlin statement released following Vladimir Putin's meeting with European Council President Charles Michel, the Russian president said there was not the slightest indication that Kiev was "willing to commit to finding mutually acceptable solutions".
In his new message, the Ukrainian president also called on world leaders to visit Kiev to see what is happening in the region, even though he said it was dangerous.
"I call on all friends of Ukraine to visit Kiev. It can be dangerous here. Because our skies are not yet closed to Russian missiles and planes. The decision to strengthen our arsenal in the air has not yet been taken. We have not received planes. But you know for sure that the eyes of all the people of the world are now on our capital, the Ukrainians. So all those who are with us will receive gratitude. Not only of our own, but of other nations of the world," Zelensky said.
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