Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday vowed that his country would use 2025 to fight for an end to Russia's nearly three-year-long invasion by any means necessary.- 'Everyone has one wish' - Zelensky has urged his war-battered country's allies to help end the invasion and bring lasting peace in 2025.

May 2025 be our year,' Zelensky said in an address to the nation just before the clock struck midnight in Kyiv. 'We know that peace will not be given to us as a gift but we will do everything to stop Russia and end the war.