Kyiv/IBNS, Feb. 23 -- Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Sunday said he was willing to give up his position if that would bring peace to Ukraine, media reports said.

Zelenskyy said he can exchange his departure for Ukraine's entry into NATO.

"I really want it to be more than just mediation... that's not enough," he told a press conference in Kyiv.

The United States had provided funding and arms to Ukraine but, in an abrupt policy shift since Trump assumed office, he has opened talks with Moscow.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump had said: "Think of it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, talked the United States of America into spending $350 Billion Dollars, to go into a War that couldn't be won, that never had to s...