Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on the 21st that “Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to drown Ukraine in a sea of blood, which includes the blood of his own soldiers.”
“I have not seen Putin’s televised speech,” Zelensky said in his first interview with Germany’s Bild following the announcement of Putin’s blitzkrieg order. .
“President Putin has already implemented a partial military mobilization order,” he said.
All month long, he enforced a mobilization ordinance,” he said.
“Russia’s mobilization order is evidence that Russia has a problem with its officers and other military personnel,” Zelensky said.
They were young men who mightn’t fight.
“They didn’t even finish their education and died,” he said.
“All these people are incapable of fighting,” he said. “They come to us and lose their lives.”
“President Putin would have seen his troops just run away,” he said.
President Zelensky’s threats from Putin did not appear to be particularly disturbed.
“There are no plans to stop retaking the territories occupied by Ukraine,” he said.
He added that the referendum that Putin is trying to hold is a false vote and that “90% of countries around the world will not admit it.”
Regarding Putin’s indirect threat to use nuclear weapons, Zelensky said, “I don’t believe he will deploy a nuclear weapon.” “The world will not tolerate this.”
But he did not rule out the possibility of a nuclear attack, saying, “We can’t look into the heads of those people,” and “there is always a risk.”
“Tomorrow, Putin will annex part of Poland’s territory in addition to Ukraine,” Zelensky said.
We must not accept compromises,” he added.