Russia is blackmailing some country leaders, - Zelenskyy

He said this at a joint press conference with participants in the third Ukraine-Northern Europe summit.

"Our diplomacy must be as effective as our weapons. The most important thing right now is the Peace Summit. It must become a truly global, global summit. At this moment we already have about a hundred states and international organizations that will take part in the Summit, but Russia is blackmailing some leaders and trying to block the participation of some countries,” Zelenskyy said.

He also added that "we do not yet have confirmation from some of our partners, and today we discussed how we can strengthen our peace efforts together."