The Ukrainian leader emphasized that anyone “thousands of miles away” from the war cannot comprehend the suffering of families who lost their loved ones.
From: Euromaiden Press BY VIRA KRAVCHUK
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy strongly disputed Donald Trump’s recent characterization of the war between Russia and Ukraine as “two kids fighting in a park.”
Zelenskyy emphasized that Putin is “a murderer who came to this park to kill the kids.” According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Russia killed 631 Ukrainian children since the full-scale invasion began in 2022.
During a 5 June meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House, Trump suggested that it might be better to let Russia and Ukraine “fight for a while” before intervening to stop the conflict, comparing the war to children fighting in a park and likening himself to a hockey referee allowing the fight to continue briefly before stepping in.
“We are not kids with Putin at the playground in the park. He [Putin] is a murderer who came to this park to kill the kids,” Zelenskyy said in an exclusive interview with ABC News.
The Ukrainian president argued that Trump cannot fully comprehend the suffering experienced by Ukrainians.
Zelenskyy illustrated this point by describing a conversation with a Ukrainian father who lost his wife and three children in a missile strike. The man told Zelenskyy that every morning upon waking, he searches for his family throughout his apartment, still believing their deaths were a nightmare.
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