1/14 The most important @ZelenskyyUa interview for the European Public Broadcasters.The key for me:”We need to show our strength,but while defending the country - show humanity even in the way we treat the enemy”. See the thread with my rough translation suspilne.media/220135-a-gotov…
2/14 We are ready to defends but not to win by any cost. We do not show humans are not equal. It’s not the case. While their attitude to our prisoners is not human
3/14 The worst things are happening on our land. I do not want any other country experience something like this. I do not want such fight to be elsewhere. But it is the fact we pay the highest price now. Every Ukrainian is already hurt.
4/14 We didn’t talk publicly on how we were preparing to the war. But also till the very end we didn’t want to fight. We wanted to find the way out because Russian didn’t want the peace.I say “didn’t” in the past tense. I want to leave a chance for peace in the present tense
5/14 What we feel now from the reaction of the ordinary humans all over the world, we see that their reaction is the strongest, we believe what is going here strengthens the people’s power globally.I believe today in the more human alliances.The people’s power isn’t a revolution
6/14 We can not make the deal with Russia unless we understand it wants it, and it’s ready. But I know history won’t forgive the loss of our people, the our country, but the future generations won’t forgive us the loss of our territory.
7/14 We are united as never. The people of Ukraine are the Ukrainian Authorities today, while the “Ukrainian authorise” are “the Ukrainian people.” We have the same emotions, we know who is the friend and who are the enemies
8/14 I don’t like loud words,ultimatums. But we should understand the people won’t give away Kharkiv, Mariupol,I as a president won’t give it away,and people won’t let.That [Russian] ultimatum could be fulfilled if they destroy, if theykill all of us. It’s a path to a genocide.
9/14But that’s why I am for the dialogue, the ugliest possible dialogue [with Putin]. But we need to find an agreement and not to follow the ultimatum. Stop the fightings, stop the war, and then discuss security guarantees. And there we see the place for a compromise
10/14 They [NATO] should tell themselves they will or not accept Ukraine to NATO. But we know they reason they do not do so, is because they are afraid of Russia. We understand that. Then we need to calm down saying “there are other security guarantees.
11/14 As for important issues [Crimea, Donbas, war], I do not want to divide the country. We can discuss the genuine referenda with the Ukrainian people. We are united, we are the people, it’s up to us to decide.
12/14 Nobody here fights with the Russian people,with the Russians,even not with Russia. It’s them came here, so we fight against the Russian officers, soldiers on our land. There are no our troops on the Russian territory. And we do not fight with common people in Russia.
13/14 On the question of a foreign reporter about how he a comedian holds: “ I am a Ukrainian citizen first of all. Disregarding a profession, we are all ready to do what’s necessary.”
14/14 I’m ready to talk through everything with Putin,his concerns. I’ll tell what the Ukrainians think.Destroying us he destroys himself. I don’t want our nation perish heroically, be remembered as the nation which vanished.But if Russians’ll vanish, they won’t even have heroes
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