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Volodymyr Zelenskyy

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the President of Ukraine, having taken office in May 2019. A former comedian and television producer, he gained prominence through his role in the television series 'Servant of the People,' where he played a schoolteacher who unexpectedly becomes president. Zelenskyy ran for office as a political outsider, campaigning on anti-corruption and reform agendas. His leadership has been particularly noted during the ongoing conflict with Russia, where he has sought to rally international support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

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Mar 24, 2022

You have thousands of fighter jets, but we have not been given one yet.

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Mar 23, 2022

The Ukrainian army has been resisting for a month in unequal conditions, and I have been repeating the same thing for a month now, to save people in our cities, Ukraine needs military assistance without restrictions.

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Mar 23, 2022

Come in the name of peace, come with Ukrainian symbols, to support Ukraine, to support freedom, to support life. The war of Russia is not only the war against Ukraine. Its meaning is much wider. Russia started the war against freedom as it…

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Mar 23, 2022

You can give us 1 percent from all your planes, 1 percent of all your tanks, just 1 percent. When we receive this at last, this will give us and you 100 percent of security.

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Mar 23, 2022

I ask you to stand against the war, starting from March 24, exactly one month after the Russian invasion come in the name of peace, came with Ukrainian symbols to support Ukraine, March 24 in downtowns of your cities, all as one together…

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Mar 22, 2022

We will be defending our country, because our weapon is truth, and our truth is that this is our land, our country.

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Mar 22, 2022

This is only the beginning for Russia on the Ukrainian land. Russia is trying to defeat the freedom of all people in Europe, of all the people in the world. It tries to show that only crude and cruel force matters.

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Mar 22, 2022

117 is not the final number. The Russian invasion will ruin lots of new lives because an all out war continues. There are several groups of Russian troops who were killing and raping and kidnapping children and torturing people and…

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Mar 21, 2022

During this invasion, heroes have constantly declared themselves among the millions of our people.

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Mar 21, 2022

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy encouraged farmers not to flee, to carry on with their work amid the war. Saying it`s about our victory.

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Mar 21, 2022

Kherson, hold on. We`ve all seen you stand. We`ve seen who you are. We have all felt on how you want to regain your freedom.

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Mar 21, 2022

if we were a NATO member, a war wouldn`t have started.

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Mar 20, 2022

I think we have to use any format, any chance in order to have a possibility of negotiating, a possibility of talking to Putin. But if these attempts fail, that would mean that this is a Third World War.

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Mar 17, 2022

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, tonight, warning the Russians, to draw back, or face even more bloodshed.

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Mar 17, 2022

Every mother who knows that her son was sent to war in Ukraine should check where her son is, and especially those who cannot reach their children. We did not count on taking thousands of prisoners. We do not need 13, 000, or however many…

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Mar 17, 2022

Hundreds of Mariupol residents are still under the debris despite the shelling, despite all the difficulties, we will continue rescue work.

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Mar 16, 2022

Every year, politicians say 'never again.' Now, I see that these words are worthless. In Europe, a people is being destroyed.

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Mar 16, 2022

It continues. Any war could be finished at the table of negotiations.

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Mar 16, 2022

Now, I am almost 45 years old and today my age stopped when the hearts of more than 100 children stopped beating. I see no sense in life if it cannot stop deaths. And this is my main mission as the leader of my people, Ukrainians.

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Mar 16, 2022

The leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.

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Mar 16, 2022

Remember, September the 11th, a terrible day in 2001 when he will try to turn your cities, dependent territories in battlefields. Our country experienced the same every day. President Biden you are the leader of the niche of your great…

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Mar 16, 2022

President Biden, you are the leader of the niche of your great nation. I wish you to be the leader of the world. Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.

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Mar 16, 2022

Well our people are unconquerable, and this is what our people have clearly demonstrated. You can conquer the city, you can break the heart but you won’t be able to force anyone to love someone. That is why the heart will always remain…

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Mar 16, 2022

Zelenskyy, though understandably skeptical of anything coming out of Moscow, said peace talks were beginning to -- quote -- 'sound more realistic.'

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Mar 16, 2022

All Americans` company must leave Russia from their market -- leave their market immediately, because it is flooded with our blood.

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