Zelenskyy interview: An embattled wartime leader struggling to make himself heard

He's an embattled wartime person struggling to marque himself heard.

For Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy the warfare successful Iran could not person travel astatine a worse time.

Suddenly, the world's attraction is connected a antithetic struggle and - astir crucially truthful - is the attraction of the astir almighty antheral successful the world, Donald Trump.

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But this is simply a large 24 hours for Zelenskyy, a gathering with Sir Keir Starmer successful Downing Street, followed by the NATO acme successful The Hague.

When I sat down with Mr Zelenskyy successful the past fewer hours, helium had 2 main issues connected his mind.

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Firstly, the projected spending pledge by NATO countries of 5% of GDP by 2035 - that helium said was excessively dilatory and warned that Putin would beryllium acceptable with a caller service wrong 5 years.

He said the Russian person would apt onslaught a NATO state wrong a fewer years to trial Article 5.

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Then helium was connected to sanctions, which, helium told me, were not working.

Countries, including the UK, were allowing dual-use components utilized successful the accumulation of drones and missiles to inactive get into Russian hands, and that indispensable beryllium blocked.

He besides inactive insisted determination would beryllium nary negotiations without a ceasefire.

This warfare is not going good for Ukraine close now.

Nearly three-and-a-half years into it, the warring goes on, and Mr Zelenskyy appears to beryllium a defiant president determined to spot it through.