Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky exhorts US President Donald Trump to remain “on our side,” speaking ahead of the fourth anniversary on Tuesday of Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine, according to an interview with CNN.
The United States should “stay with…a democratic country which is fighting against one person. Because this person is a war. Putin is a war,” Zelensky tells CNN during an interview in Kyiv.
“If they really want to stop Putin, America’s so strong,” the Ukrainian leader adds.
Asked if he believes Trump is putting enough pressure on Putin, Zelensky says no.
He adds, “We can’t just give him everything he wants. Because he wants to occupy us. If we will give him all he wants, we will lose everything — all of us, people will have to run away or be Russian.”
Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, unleashing the deadliest war in Europe since World War II.
The war has killed tens of thousands of civilians and hundreds of thousands of military personnel on both sides. Millions of refugees have fled Ukraine, where vast areas have been devastated by fighting.
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