Political Quotes

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.

Quotes by year · 2021–20261,430 total · peak 2026 (506)
2021: 4 quotes2022: 350 quotes2023: 40 quotes2024: 26 quotes2025: 504 quotes2026: 506 quotes
Apr 3, 2022

Indeed, this is genocide, the elimination of the whole nation and the people.

cbsnews.com
Apr 3, 2022

There's already information that the number of victims of the occupiers maybe even higher in (INAUDIBLE), in some other liberated cities, in many villages of the liberated districts of the Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the occupiers…

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Apr 3, 2022

It is very difficult to negotiate with Russia when you see what they have done here.

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Apr 3, 2022

These are war crimes, and they will be recognized by the world as genocide. You are here and you can see what happened. We know that thousands of people killed and tortured, teared limb, raped women, and killed children.

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Apr 3, 2022

This makes it much harder to come back to any negotiating table with Vladimir Putin`s diplomats.

msnbc.com
Apr 3, 2022

This is a war crime and it will be recognized by the world as genocide. You are here and you see what has happened. We know thousands of people were killed and tortured with severed limbs, raped women, killed children. I think this is…

msnbc.com
Apr 1, 2022

Warn every such conscript, their parents, we do not need new dead people here. Protect your children so that they would not become the villains. Do not let them join the army. Do whatever you can to keep them alive at home.

msnbc.com
Apr 1, 2022

It is impossible to return to the previous life the way it used to be, even on those territories that we are giving back -- getting back from battles. We need to wait, wait until our land will be free of explosives. We have difficult…

msnbc.com
Apr 1, 2022

Warn every such conscript and their parents that we do not need a new dead people here. Protect your children so they will not become the villains. Do not let them join the army. Do whatever you can to keep them alive at home, in their own…

msnbc.com
Apr 1, 2022

I`m sorry, I do not discuss any of my orders as Commander In Chief, the leader of this state, and there are things which I only share with the military, for armed forces of Ukraine, and when they talk with me. You need to understand that…

msnbc.com
Mar 31, 2022

We are more than a month into Russia`s invasion of Ukraine and things are not going well for Russia.

msnbc.com
Mar 31, 2022

Ukraine depends on the support of the United States. And I, as the leader of a country at war, I can only be grateful.

cbsnews.com
Mar 30, 2022

He had removed two Generals who are serving in the Security Service of Ukraine, the main Intelligence Security Agency of Ukrainian government calling them anti-heroes who, quote, 'Have not decided where their homeland is.'

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Mar 30, 2022

There is a negotiation process that is ongoing, but it is still only words without the specifics. We do not believe anyone in any beautiful verbal constructions. There is a real situation on the battlefield. We will not give anything away…

msnbc.com
Mar 30, 2022

I stressed that right now is the tipping point. Right now is to give a hand to Ukraine, to show the muddiness of the democratic world.

msnbc.com
Mar 29, 2022

He called for a lot more weapons, the kind of weapons you need to take out tanks, aircraft, and even he wanted, you know, weapons to take out ships.

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Mar 29, 2022

Yes, we have negotiations process, but they are only words without anything concrete. There are other words about alleged pullback of Russian troops from Kyiv and Chernihiv and reduction of activities of the occupiers in these territories…

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Mar 29, 2022

The signals we hear from the negotiating platform can be called positive, but these signals do not drown out the ruptures of Russian shells. The Russian forces have to leave the occupied territories. The sovereignty and the territorial…

msnbc.com
Mar 28, 2022

The signals that we hear from the negotiating platform can be called positive, but these signals don't drown out the explosions of Russian bombs.

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Mar 28, 2022

If that is the reaction we are doing everything right. That means they are nervous.

msnbc.com
Mar 28, 2022

I’m open to negotiations to end the war with Russia as quickly as possible, but I insist that I will not cede territorial sovereignty.

msnbc.com
Mar 28, 2022

We can’t confirm it, 16,000 Russian troops killed in just 33 days.

msnbc.com
Mar 28, 2022

Ukrainians should not die because some cannot find the courage to hand over the necessary weapons to Ukraine

msnbc.com
Mar 27, 2022

Ukraine would not be able to join NATO if it adopted a neutral stance.

msnbc.com
Mar 25, 2022

We need to talk, talk meaningfully, urgently, honestly and with a result in mind, not to drag out time.

msnbc.com

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