Zelenskyy ready to take Donald Trump to Ukraine's front line

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that he was willing to engage with Donald Trump, saying that he was ready take the U.S. presidential hopeful to the front lines.
• Speaking at Munich Security Conference, Zelenskyy said that he had already welcomed the Republican frontrunner to see first hand the impact of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine
• "If Mr Trump will come, I'm ready to go with him to the frontlines," he told the Munich Security Conference.

MUNICH, Germany — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was willing to take U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump, a long-time skeptic of Washington's support for Kyiv, to the war-battered front lines of Ukraine.

Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Zelenskyy on Saturday said that he had already welcomed the Republican frontrunner to see first hand the impact of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, but that the decision to come rests with Trump.

"I invited him [Trump] publicly, but it depends on his wishes," he said in response to an audience question, asking whether Zelenskyy would ask Trump to come to Kyiv.

"If Mr. Trump will come, I'm ready to go with him to the front lines," he added.

The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a CNBC request for comment.

Trump has been highly critical of the U.S.'s continued financial and military aid for Ukraine, deeming it a non-American issue and suggesting that he would allow Russia to "take over" parts of Ukraine if he were re-elected in November.

He has also spoken highly of Russian President Vladimir Putin, expressing admiration for the Kremlin chief's strongman approach and saying even last weekend that he would "encourage" Putin to do what he wants to NATO members who fail to meet