Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Look, first and foremost... The people of Ukraine, well, you shouldn't be forcing Ukrainian people to do anything. That's the major kind of aspect. The people of Ukraine, they will select for themselves. We don't have any difficulties regarding the human rights, or no challenges regarding that, because that's the main law for those people.

Why the Ukrainians are fighting against Russians, not because these are Russians, Absolutely not, but because someone, and in this case Russians, came and started to force you. If tomorrow we'll be told that there's inequality of sexes and someone might be imposed on Ukrainians, then Ukrainians will be fighting for their own rights. That's kind of the emotional phase of the Ukrainians.

Why the Ukrainians are fighting against Russians, not because these are Russians, Absolutely not, but because someone, and in this case Russians, came and started to force you. If tomorrow we'll be told that there's inequality of sexes and someone might be imposed on Ukrainians, then Ukrainians will be fighting for their own rights. That's kind of the emotional phase of the Ukrainians.

Why the Ukrainians are fighting against Russians, not because these are Russians, Absolutely not, but because someone, and in this case Russians, came and started to force you. If tomorrow we'll be told that there's inequality of sexes and someone might be imposed on Ukrainians, then Ukrainians will be fighting for their own rights. That's kind of the emotional phase of the Ukrainians.

Ukrainians are free. And we are not kind of limiting Ukrainians because you can't do that. You shouldn't be doing that because Ukrainians will be against it. That's it. And it's everywhere. I mean, it's in the gender equality. It's in all matters related to religious choice. How to leave? With whom to leave? How many children would you like to have? You want a lot of children?

Ukrainians are free. And we are not kind of limiting Ukrainians because you can't do that. You shouldn't be doing that because Ukrainians will be against it. That's it. And it's everywhere. I mean, it's in the gender equality. It's in all matters related to religious choice. How to leave? With whom to leave? How many children would you like to have? You want a lot of children?

Ukrainians are free. And we are not kind of limiting Ukrainians because you can't do that. You shouldn't be doing that because Ukrainians will be against it. That's it. And it's everywhere. I mean, it's in the gender equality. It's in all matters related to religious choice. How to leave? With whom to leave? How many children would you like to have? You want a lot of children?

Okay, we'll be supporting that. We are supporting that. This is very important to us. Just now I had a meeting with the churches and they're saying that You need to reinforce the institute of family, because of the war and plus 8.5 million Ukrainians left the country, so the birth rate is decreasing, and we need to reinforce that. This is the signals that they are transmitting.

Okay, we'll be supporting that. We are supporting that. This is very important to us. Just now I had a meeting with the churches and they're saying that You need to reinforce the institute of family, because of the war and plus 8.5 million Ukrainians left the country, so the birth rate is decreasing, and we need to reinforce that. This is the signals that they are transmitting.

Okay, we'll be supporting that. We are supporting that. This is very important to us. Just now I had a meeting with the churches and they're saying that You need to reinforce the institute of family, because of the war and plus 8.5 million Ukrainians left the country, so the birth rate is decreasing, and we need to reinforce that. This is the signals that they are transmitting.

We are sharing those signals among the people. convinced that if you're not exerting any pressure on Ukrainians, if you have a dialogue with Ukrainians, then you can agree on everything. But as long as you or if you are starting to force Ukrainians or if you could start to press on the Ukrainians dignity or Ukraine's rights, then Ukraine will kind of turn around very fast.

We are sharing those signals among the people. convinced that if you're not exerting any pressure on Ukrainians, if you have a dialogue with Ukrainians, then you can agree on everything. But as long as you or if you are starting to force Ukrainians or if you could start to press on the Ukrainians dignity or Ukraine's rights, then Ukraine will kind of turn around very fast.

We are sharing those signals among the people. convinced that if you're not exerting any pressure on Ukrainians, if you have a dialogue with Ukrainians, then you can agree on everything. But as long as you or if you are starting to force Ukrainians or if you could start to press on the Ukrainians dignity or Ukraine's rights, then Ukraine will kind of turn around very fast.

The Russians, they could be friendly to Ukrainians. They could be. doing so. And for many, yes, that was the case. But the problem of Russians is that they want to have a Russian world everywhere. They're not respecting you, your language, your identity. They want everyone to be the same. They are saying that Ukraine does not exist.

The Russians, they could be friendly to Ukrainians. They could be. doing so. And for many, yes, that was the case. But the problem of Russians is that they want to have a Russian world everywhere. They're not respecting you, your language, your identity. They want everyone to be the same. They are saying that Ukraine does not exist.

The Russians, they could be friendly to Ukrainians. They could be. doing so. And for many, yes, that was the case. But the problem of Russians is that they want to have a Russian world everywhere. They're not respecting you, your language, your identity. They want everyone to be the same. They are saying that Ukraine does not exist.

Look, they came, and most of the people who died, I mean Ukrainians who died, that was in the east of Ukraine. This is where the family were half Russian, half Ukrainian, and where the families were speaking Ukrainian. primarily with Russian language, but most of the families like that, they were living in the East.

Look, they came, and most of the people who died, I mean Ukrainians who died, that was in the east of Ukraine. This is where the family were half Russian, half Ukrainian, and where the families were speaking Ukrainian. primarily with Russian language, but most of the families like that, they were living in the East.

Look, they came, and most of the people who died, I mean Ukrainians who died, that was in the east of Ukraine. This is where the family were half Russian, half Ukrainian, and where the families were speaking Ukrainian. primarily with Russian language, but most of the families like that, they were living in the East.

Now, how had they supported, Russians supported the development of their own language or culture? Nothing. No, no, no. Now that's a totally different situation. Now the people are hating them. Even those people who had some family relationship or had some ties with Russia because of the border. But now there's a different attitude because the Russians have brought