Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday has issued an open challenge to former President Donald Trump, telling him that if the presumed Republican nominee has a peace plan for Ukraine, he should immediately inform the Ukrainian government.

"If Trump knows how to finish this war, he should tell us today," Zelensky told Bloomberg Television in an interview given from Kiev on Wednesday. But he also warned that his government will never accept a peace plan that violates Ukraine's sovereignty. "If there are risks to Ukrainian independence, if we lose statehood – we want to be ready for this, we want to know," Zelensky asserted.