Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that President Donald Trump’s success in brokering a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has renewed his hope that Trump can help facilitate a similar agreement in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

In an interview with Fox’s “The Sunday Briefing,” Zelenskyy called the peace plan in the Middle East “a real success” and said he spoke with Trump on the phone Sunday and expressed hope that his own country’s conflict with Russia and President Vladimir Putin could head in a similar direction with the president’s diplomatic assistance.

“It gives signals for us and hope that with such pressure, what President Trump used in the Middle East to make peace, I hope that he will use the same instrument, even more, to pressure Putin to stop his war in Ukraine,” he told Fox’s Jacqui Heinrich in the interview.

Steve Witkoff, special envoy to the Middle East, and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner helped secure the deal in Gaza alongside officials from Egypt and Turkey. Trump is also expected to visit the Middle East within the next 24 hours in conjunction with the release of Israeli hostages back to their families.

Zelenskyy went on to say he’d consider nominating Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize next year if he’s able to apply pressure to Putin and help bring an end to the war in Eastern Europe.

Trump openly lobbied for the honor this past year — heavily touting his diplomatic record after he successfully brokered a phased peace deal between Israel and Hamas last week. The Nobel Committee selected Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado for the prize Friday.

“But if he will do it, I hope so and God bless that he can do it, of course in this case we will nominate him, and we will be proud to congratulate him,” Zelenskyy said.

Zelenskyy outlined other focuses of his Sunday phone call with Trump, like bolstering Ukraine’s air defense, as well as its long distance weapons. He said they discussed the possibility of obtaining Tomahawk missiles to strengthen Ukraine’s long-range capabilities.

“It’s difficult with Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said. “We are a strong country, but not so big to be against Russia and Iranians and North Koreans. It’s too much.”

In a social media post Sunday, Zelenskyy urged Kyiv’s allies to continue applying pressure on Russia to end the war in Ukraine in tandem with the ongoing peace efforts in the Middle East, calling for sanctions and tariffs against buyers of Russian oil.

“It is exactly this approach that can open the path to lasting peace for Europe,” he said. “The world can guarantee this in parallel with the peace process in the Middle East.”