Ukraine President Zelensky’s leadership has surprised people all over the world and likely Putin himself. Monday he emerged from his bunker in Kyiv and returned to the presidential palace, declaring: ‘I am here, I am not hiding, and I am not afraid of anyone.”
Zelensky warned the West that Vladimir Putin wouldn’t be satisfied with conquering Ukraine. “We will come first,” he said. “You will come second because the more this beast will eat, he wants more, more, and more.”
Zelensky declared Ukraine a ‘zone of freedom’ that needs to be preserved.
Zelensky said, “we used to say Monday, Monday is a hard day, but it is war in our country, so every day is a hard day,” and on day 12 of the Russian invasion he addressed his country saying, “We are all in our places working, where we should be, my team is in Kyiv with me. We are all fighting, we are all contributing to our victory which will surely happen.”
President Joe Biden spoke with Zelesky over the weekend and discussed the enforcement of a no-fly zone.
Such a move would see fighter jets from the United States and its NATO allies patrolling the air space above Ukraine, and taking out any Russian jets that enter – effectively putting the West at war with Russia, in World War Three.
Zelensky expressed concern about the dramatic escalation and insisted it was the best way for the U.S. to help Ukraine.
“I told him that for us, the most important thing today is the security in the sky,” he said.
“We cannot allow Russia to be active there only, because they’re bombing us, they are shelling us, they are bombing us, they are sending missiles, helicopters, jet fighters – a lot of things.”
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