The Ukrainian President gave a press conference live from the Kiev subway in front of almost two hundred journalists this Saturday evening.
It was live from the Kiev metro, for obvious security reasons, that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a press conference in front of almost two hundred journalists this Saturday afternoon.
When asked about Putin’s policies, the Ukrainian president said he “had a hard time knowing why he’s stuck at his table as president all these years. It probably has something to do with why his army came to our country like a cobra, crawling and advancing on our land. The war has been going on for eight years and the Russian Federation has tried to influence Ukraine on different levels.”
This is what the Ukrainian President said about his negotiations with Russia “Those who started the war must stop it” and that these negotiations “It’s not what I want, but I have to”.
“We cannot have the same attitude towards the aggressor and the victim, that is, towards Russia and Ukraine,” President Zelenskyy said. It was Russia that brought the war to Ukraine,” insisting that “the truth is 100% on the side of Ukraine,” and regretting, “He should come to Ukraine first, to the massacres, to that field to have a very precise perception of the realities”.
“After this war we will be a fortress state”‘ said the President.
It’s ‘a world war’ for Ukraine’s president
Zelenskyy warned the international community: “If we fall, you’re next”. For him: This war is not only taking place in Ukraine, it is a world war“.
On the siege of Mariupol, he admitted that his country was “unable to militarily unblock the siege of the city” and mentioned “500,000 Ukrainians deported” to Russia, whose “Nazi policies” he denounced.
When asked by a journalist, the President of Ukraine replied: “Until the war is over, I will not leave Ukraine”.
The press conference was interrupted for a few seconds by a subway train passing by.
The head of American diplomacy is visiting Kyiv this Sunday
Finally, Zelenskyy announced that he will receive the head of American diplomacy on a visit to Kyiv this Sunday.
Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will travel to Kyiv to discuss US arms shipments.
“We have high expectations of this meeting because we have given lists that meet our needs and we will discuss them tomorrow,” Volodymyr Zelensky declared.