A Conversation With President Zelensky

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The New York Times

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🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Five years ago, a TV personality and comedian, Volodymyr Zelensky, won the presidency in Ukraine in a landslide victory. When Russia launched a full-scale invasion of the country three years later, he faced the biggest challenge of his presidency and of his life. Despite initial success beating back one of the world’s largest armies, the tide has turned against him. Andrew E. Kramer, the Kyiv bureau chief for The Times, sat down with Mr. Zelensky to discuss the war, and how it might end. Guest: Andrew E. Kramer, the Kyiv bureau chief for The New York Times.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Serena Tavernizi, and this is the Daily.
0:07.0	Five years ago, a TV personality and comedian,
0:13.7	Vladimir Zelensky, won the presidency in Ukraine
0:17.3	in a landslide victory.
0:18.6	From Billy, San Razzom.
0:22.0	And then, after three years in office, he faced the biggest challenge of his presidency and of his life.
0:32.0	This is only the beginning for Russia on the Ukrainian land.
0:36.8	Russia is trying to defeat the freedom of all people in Europe.
0:41.4	He rose to that challenge, beating back one of the world's largest
0:45.3	armies. But now... We urgently need petrood systems and missiles for them.
0:53.6	You can imagine what our soldiers feel when they simply have nothing to respond to enemy
1:00.3	fire.
1:01.3	The tide has turned against him.
1:03.4	Please, do not ask Ukraine when the war will end.
1:11.4	Ask yourself. why is Putin still able to continue it?
1:20.0	Today my colleague Andrew Kramer, sat down with Olensky to talk about the fight of his life and how it might end.
1:32.0	It's Tuesday, June 4th.
1:36.0	So Andrew, you've been covering Ukraine for many years,
1:39.0	and you first met President Selensky back in 2020,
1:42.0	before Russia invaded.
1:44.0	Tell us what he was like back then.
1:46.0	There's just an incredible density of events that have filled
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