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I need ammo, not a ride.”
But when British and US officials offered to spirit the President out of the capital amid fears it could fall within hours, he replied with the legendary line We will swap one territory for another,
Zelensky said in an interview with the Guardian on Tuesday Putin is not preparing for peace - he continues to kill Ukrainians and destroy cities,
Mr Zelensky said on the Telegram messaging app The radiation background at the site and in the observation area is normal,
it said on the Telegram messaging app We haven’t heard any proposals,
he tells The Economist as peace talks loom Only strong steps and pressure on Russia can stop this terror. Right now we need the unity and the support of all our partners in the fight for a just end to this war,
All planned targets were hit,
it said in a statement on social media There was pressure from different sides. Some people wanted to kill me. There were shots and so on. Some people were killed here, inside our office, and other people were defending us. There was an airborne assault, and so on. All this was happening. And at the same time, there were ultimatums. They were putting pressure."
This is impossible. Russia has never and will never discuss the topic of exchanging its territory,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, ruling out Zelenskyy's idea of a swap involving Ukrainian-held parts of Russia's western Kursk region Ukraine was left to rely on Russia’s word. After Bucha, that seemed like a bad idea. Plus Ukraine had just achieved a big military victory, and Zelenskyy wanted to keep that momentum going on the battlefield. Boris encouraged him. But he was one relatively minor factor among many,
I said: ‘This cannot be. It violates the rights of our citizens, of the constitution. It would be a full betrayal. We will not submit to the ultimatums of Putin,
There were several approaches with ultimatums and I never gave my approval for it,
said Zelenskyy of Russian demands for ending its full-scale invasion It seems very sad that they followed the orders or requests of Mr Johnson. As Mr Arakhamia said: ‘We could have ended these military actions a year and a half ago, but the Brits talked us out of it so we refused.’ And where is Mr Johnson now? And the war goes on,
When we returned from Istanbul, Boris Johnson came to Kyiv and said that we would not sign anything with them at all, and let’s just fight,
he said in a November 2023 interview It doesn’t fit with logic; what was he supposed to be talking us out of?”
said Zelenskyy, directly addressing the claims for the first time Putin likes this story a lot, about Turkey, these meetings,
said Zelenskyy, during an hour-long interview with the Guardian held in the presidential administration office in Kyiv on Monday It is loud in the capital,
mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app There are voices which say that Europe could offer security guarantees without the Americans, and I always say no,
the Ukrainian president told The Guardian I don't know, we will see. But all our territories are important, there is no priority,
Those who are helping us to save Ukraine will [have the chance to] renovate it, with their businesses together with Ukrainian businesses. All these things we are ready to speak about in detail,