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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.
Our military, our border guards, our territorial defense, even ordinary farmers capture the Russian military, every day. And all the captives say only one thing: they do not know why they are here. Despite the fact that there are dozens of…
You can't really have talks about ending the conflict unless there's some kind of a ceasefire, or at least a cessation of hostilities, a pause, if you will, that allows for a good spirit of communication to continue between the two sides.
We are for dialogue, yes, but the least that must happen is the bombardment of people must stop. You simply have to stop the bombardment and then sit down behind the table for talks.
President Zelenskyy made it very clear that he`s not coming back in. He`s standing firm. He`s not going to leave Ukraine.
In a speech late today, President Zelenskyy of Ukraine criticized the talks saying they were conducted against the background of bombardment. He accused Russia of war crimes, calling for the destruction of their economy and for their…
Yes, Russia will double up, but take a look at them. Why our men stronger, more powerful, and successful? Because as I said, we have what we need to protect.
What they really would like to see is President Biden, talk forcefully about what's happening here, not just as a fight for Ukraine, as a nation state, but a fight for ideals, the ideals of sovereignty of self determination of liberal…
I believe that leaders must support democratic states of the world who are keen to defend such principles.
But they also did not hear me, I've been telling them that Ukraine will fight hardest of all.
I don't really believe in the result of this meeting, but let them try, so then later on no citizen of Ukraine would have any doubt that I, the President, did not try to stop the war when I had a chance.
I want to see Russia stripped of its U.N. Security Council seat as a result of these attacks against civilians.
it's not romantic at all. But people are doing their best to protect the city, to protect Ukraine.
Leave your hardware and leave. Don’t trust your commanders. Don’t trust your propaganda. Just save your lives. Leave.
President Zelenskyy is calling for war crimes prosecutions, as well as the establishing of a NATO no-fly zone.
Today, with the Russian side's initiative, we had the first round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. These negotiations took place with the shelling and bombing of our territory on the background, shelling of our cities…
Today, Russian forces brutally fired on Kharkiv, from jet artillery. It was clearly a war crime.
we are, here we are in Kyiv, we are staying, we will stay to defend Ukraine, to defend our independence.
they will make an assault upon us, we all have to understand what we are going to face, this night we have to withstand.
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