Volodymyr Zelenskyy quotes

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a Ukrainian politician, former comedian, and actor who became President of Ukraine. His leadership has been widely recognized during the ongoing conflict with Russia. He has become a symbol of resilience and determination for the Ukrainian people. Here are 15 of his quotes:

In today's world, where we live, there is no longer someone else's war. None of you can feel safe when there is a war in Ukraine, when there is a war in Europe.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

англ. Politics is like bad cinema - people overact, take it too far. When I speak with politicians, I see this in their facial expressions, their eyes, the way they squint. I look at things like a producer. I would often watch a scene on the monitor, and the director and I would yell, ‘Stop, no more, this is unwatchable! No one will believe this.'

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And now - this is the most important thing. We will not give up anything. And we will fight for every meter of our land, for every person.

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The fight is here. I need ammunition, not a ride.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

The war continues. Russia is sending new forces to our land to continue to destroy us, to destroy Ukrainians. We must do more to stop the war! The first and most important thing is weapons. Freedom must be armed no worse than tyranny.

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Let Moscow not forget that the sanctions policy will only be continued and intensified. As long as there is no peace - sanctions are needed. Until Russia begins to invest as sincerely in the search for peace as it invests in the destruction of our state, sanctions will remain unalterable.

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We do not believe anyone - we do not trust any beautiful verbal constructions. There is a real situation on the battlefield.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

The world and history will take from Russia much more than Russian missiles will take from Ukraine. Every lost life is an argument for Ukrainians and other free nations to perceive Russia exclusively as a threat generation after generation.

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Only one thing remains unchanged: contradictions between nations and states are still resolved not by words, but by missiles. Not by word. But by war.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Every morning my day begins with an SMS from the General Staff. Over the past 24 hours there were 7 occasions of shelling and two casualties. Figures may vary, but only one figure makes the morning good. It is zero. The shelling is zero. The loss is zero.

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The most terrible iron is not missiles, aircraft, and tanks, but shackles.

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Unless we make these difficult and unpopular decisions, there will be no economic growth or job creation.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

The world has already seen many war crimes. At different times. On different continents. But it is time to do everything possible to make the war crimes of the Russian military the last manifestation of such evil on earth.

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