<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the sudden death of Russian President Vladimir Putin would bring an end to the war between the two nations.</p> <p>Zelenskyy was being interviewed by former late-night TV host David Letterman, who asked the Ukranian president: "Let's just say that Putin got a really bad cold and died. Or accidentally fell out of a window and died. Would this continue?"</p> <p>"No," Zelenskyy said. "There would be no war. There wouldn't be."</p> <p>Putin began Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine in late-February.</p> <p>It was reported Monday that Putin canceled his&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/vladimir-putin-press-thyroid-cancer/2022/12/12/id/1100156/" _mce_href="https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/vladimir-putin-press-thyroid-cancer/2022/12/12/id/1100156/">annual end-of-year press conference</a>, causing speculation that he's in failing health.</p> <p>Letterman interviewed Zelenskyy in October for his Netflix show "<a rel="noindex noskim" href="https://www.netflix.com/watch/81644272?trackId=255824129&amp;tctx=0%2C0%2CNAPA%40%40%7C52d32c22-1da7-48a2-9c5f-3f2bac693a2b-56336028_titles%2F1%2F%2Fdavid%20letterman%2F0%2F0%2CNAPA%40%40%7C52d32c22-1da7-48a2-9c5f-3f2bac693a2b-56336028_titles%2F1%2F%2Fdavid%20letterman%2F0%2F0%2Cunknown%2C%2C52d32c22-1da7-48a2-9c5f-3f2bac693a2b-56336028%7C1%2CtitlesResults%2C81644272" _mce_href="https://www.netflix.com/watch/81644272?trackId=255824129&amp;tctx=0%2C0%2CNAPA%40%40%7C52d32c22-1da7-48a2-9c5f-3f2bac693a2b-56336028_titles%2F1%2F%2Fdavid%20letterman%2F0%2F0%2CNAPA%40%40%7C52d32c22-1da7-48a2-9c5f-3f2bac693a2b-56336028_titles%2F1%2F%2Fdavid%20letterman%2F0%2F0%2Cunknown%2C%2C52d32c22-1da7-48a2-9c5f-3f2bac693a2b-56336028%7C1%2CtitlesResults%2C81644272" target="_blank">My Next Guest Needs No Introduction</a>."</p> <p>Zelenskyy told Letterman that Putin's death would end the war because Russia's political system gives the president so much power.</p>