Volodymyr Zelenskyy Says He Never Thought Defending Freedom Would Be 'So Costly'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated his individuals are combating for freedom towards Russia’s assaults on civilians in a sit-down interview inside a Kyiv authorities constructing.

“They are saying we’re defending Western values,” Zelenskyy informed CBS’ “60 Minutes” for Sunday’s program. “I at all times say, what are Western values? Somebody who lives in the USA or Europe, do additionally they not like youngsters? Do they not need their youngsters to go to college, do they not need their grandfather to stay for 100 years? We've the identical values.”

“I by no means thought this proper was so pricey,” he added.

Zelenskyy this week visited the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, the place Related Press journalists documented useless civilians, some with their arms tied behind their backs and others displaying indicators of torture and rape.

A cemetery worker waits in a truck before colleagues start to load the corpses of civilians killed in Bucha before transporting them to the morgue, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on April 6.
A cemetery employee waits in a truck earlier than colleagues begin to load the corpses of civilians killed in Bucha earlier than transporting them to the morgue, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on April 6.
AP Picture/Rodrigo Abd

Requested to explain what he noticed together with his personal eyes in Bucha, Zelenskyy stated, “Loss of life, simply demise.”

Russia has denied committing atrocities and blamed the Bucha killings on Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is now reportedly shifting his consideration to japanese Ukraine. Russian forces on Friday launched a missile assault on a practice station in Kramatorsk, within the japanese Donetsk area, killing over 30 individuals and injuring greater than 100.

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