Zelenskiy himself has been under pressure domestically after a major corruption scandal broke, ensnaring some of his ministers and people in his close entourage.
Zelenskiy said only the United States and U.S. President Donald Trump "have sufficient strength for the war to finally come to an end."
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979 to prop up a communist government facing widespread insurgency.
Russia's Foreign Ministry has ruled out the deployment of troops from NATO countries to help secure a peace deal.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, speaking remotely at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, said the outcome of the war in his country affected not just Ukraine, but...
