Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned he needs folks to know that Ukrainians try to defend "the power of an individual to stay within the trendy world," throughout an interview with CBS Information' 60 Minutes on Friday,
Throughout the interview, which can air in full on Sunday, Zelensky rejected the declare that he's combating for Western values, saying that whether or not it is wanting their youngsters to go to school or wanting their grandfather to stay 100 years, "we now have the identical values."
"We're defending the precise to stay," he mentioned. "I by no means thought this proper was so pricey. These are human values. In order that Russia would not select what we must always do and the way I am utilizing my rights. That proper was given to me by God and my mother and father."
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, Zelensky has been talking on each doable public platform to boost consciousness to what's occurring in his nation, from the United Nations Safety Council to the Grammy Awards.
Interviews are vital not simply due to his place, however as a result of he has refused to go away his nation regardless of security considerations.
Zelensky spoke about his go to to Bucha, the place Ukrainian officers reported that greater than 300 folks have been "brutally tortured" and killed. When requested what Zelensky noticed in Bucha, he mentioned: "Loss of life. Simply demise."
Photographs from town, which is about an hour northwest of the capital of Kyiv, present lifeless our bodies within the streets and in mass graves. Bucha Mayor Anatoliy Fedoruk informed Voices of America that day-after-day "we discover increasingly more our bodies of the lifeless, in numerous elements of our metropolis—in vegetable gardens, in park areas, in playgrounds."
In response to the reviews of mass killings, the European Union and the USA issued extra sanctions in opposition to Russia, with the U.S. sanctioning Russian President Vladimir Putin's daughters, in addition to different present and former Russian officers.
Along with Zelensky's interviews with Western media, he has spoken with Russian journalists. Final week, he gave an interview with 4 distinguished Russian reporters that was nearly instantly censored by Roskomnadzor, Russia's media regulator.
Throughout the interview, Zelensky outlined accusations of Russian atrocities in Ukraine, claiming Russians have been "stealing" Ukrainian youngsters, and talking on the "humanitarian disaster" in Mariupol. An announcement from the Russian authorities mentioned the nation's media retailers should "chorus from publishing this interview."
Newsweek reached out to Russia's Ministry of Overseas Affairs for remark.
Replace 4/8/22, 1:10 p.m. ET: This story was up to date with further data and background.
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