AND WE’LL SEE YOU AGAIN, GRIFF.
>> MY PLEASURE.
GRIFF: AND NOW, OUR EXCLUSIVE
ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW WITH
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR
ZELENSKYY.
WE SAT DOWN WITH HIM AT THE
PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE IN KYIV
WHICH MANY ARE NOW CALLING THE
PRESIDENTIAL FORTRESS.
WATCH.
>> SERGEY LAVROV COMPARED YOU
TO HITLER AND RUSSIA NOW SAYS
THAT THEY SUPPORT THE NEO-NAZIS
HERE, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION.
WE’RE USED TO THESE HITS AND
THE REACTION TO THE STATEMENT
OF LAVROV.
I THINK THAT THE REACTION MUST
BE MORE POWERFUL, IT MUST BE
LIGHTNING LIKE.
>> LEADERS IN THE WORLD IN THE
TIME OF THIS OR SPECIAL DAYS OF
HOLOCAUST, ET CETERA, AND THEY
ALWAYS SAY THAT NEVER AGAIN,
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO -- IT’S
ABOUT DIPLOMACY AND IT’S ABOUT
SOMETHING VERY OFFICIALLY,
DON’T WAIT, THAT IS MY MESSAGE,
DON’T WAIT OFFICIAL DATES.
>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
ANTI-SEMITISM, I HAVE NOT HEARD
FROM ANY SORT OF JEWISH
COMMUNITIES OR SOCIETIES ON THE
TERRITORY OF RUSSIA.
>> SOME HAVE SUGGESTED TO
WESTERN INTELLIGENCE THAT PUTIN
MAY OFFICIALLY DECLARE WAR.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN
ON MAY 9TH, IF IT’S A
DECLARATION OF WAR, WHAT WOULD
CHANGE FOR YOU?
>> FOR US, THIS IS NOT GOING TO
CHANGE ANYTHING.
FOR US WAR IS GOING ON FOR
EIGHT YEARS NOW.
THE FULL-FLEDGED WAR HAS GONE
ON FOR SEVEN DAYS AND WHATEVER
PUTIN IS GOING TO SAY, THE
POSSIBILITY IS STILL THERE.
THEY WANT TO SHOW WHAT KIND OF
CZARS THEY ARE, THEY RUINED
ENTIRE CITY LIKE IN A HOLLYWOOD
MOVIE.
THAT THE VICTORY THEY’RE
STRIVING FOR, MAY 9TH IS GOING
TO BE REMEMBERED AROUND THE
WORLD AS A TRAGEDY, AS A BLOODY
DAY AND CERTAINLY NOT THE DAY
TO FORGET.
.
>> DO YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED?
DO YOU NEED MORE ON WHAT DO YOU
NEED?
>> WE HAVE KEY WEAPONS WITHOUT
WHICH WE COULD NOT BE OCCUPY
THE CITIES LIKE MARIUPOL.
WE HAVE A BIG ISSUE.
RUSSIA BLOCKED ALL THE TRADE
ROUTES AND WE CANNOT EXPORT OUR
WHEAT.
THEY OCCUPY OUR PORTS AND THEY
ARE TAKING OUT OUR GOODS.
I DON’T WANT TO SAY THIS NOW, I
DON’T WANT TO NAME SPECIFIC
COUNTRIES WHO BEHIND OUR BACKS
ARE MAKING DEALS TO BUY OUR
GRAIN FROM RUSSIA THAT WAS
STOLEN FROM UKRAINE.
>> CAN YOU TELL ME WHO IS
TRYING TO BUY THIS?
>> NOT NOW, BUT WE HAVE THE
NAMES OF THESE COUNTRIES.
IF THEY WILL DO IT, OF COURSE,
WE’LL TELL.
>> HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN COME TO KYIV TO
SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE?
>> IT’S IMPORTANT.
I THINK IT’S VERY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE YOU KNOW IN OUR MINDS, IN OUR SOCIETY, PRESIDENT
IN OUR SOCIETY, PRESIDENT
BIDEN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE
BIGGEST DEMOCRATIC CIVILIZATION
OUR PARTNERS, OUR STRATEGIC
PARTNERS, I THINK THAT IT WILL
BE GREAT SIGNAL, VERY IMPORTANT
SIGNAL.
JOHNSON CAME AND I ALSO THINK
IT’S VERY GOOD FOR HIM, THAT IS
IS GOOD FOR HIM BECAUSE THE
UNITED STATES SUPPORT US.
SO, I MEAN, THAT PRESIDENT OF
THE COUNTRY, WHICH SUPPORT US,
I THINK IS GOOD FOR HIM TO BE
HERE.
IF IT’S POSSIBLE.
I DON’T KNOW.
GRIFF: SPOKER PELOSI CAME.
>> YES, SO IT’S POSSIBLE.
GRIFF: TELL ME HOW THIS ENDS?
>> ONLY WITH VICTORY.
WE HAVE NO WAY OUT.