What did Zelenskyy Say about the Involvement of US citizens in the War?

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On March 1st, 2023, a fragment of the interview of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, was published in the Russian propaganda media (Правда, news-front.info, m.news, deita.ru) and Russian-language Facebook accounts (1, 2, 3). According to Russian media, Volodymyr Zelensky believes that the US is not helping Ukraine enough and is urging them to send their children to fight in Ukraine.

In the video, Zelensky says: The US will have to send its children to war just as we do. They will have to fight, and they will die.

Olga Skabeyeva, a Kremlin propagandist journalist also published the fragment of the interview on her Telegram channel.

 

The claim that Volodymyr Zelenskyy is urging Americans to send their children to fight in Ukraine is false, and the excerpt from Zelensky’s press conference on the anniversary of the Ukrainian resistance is being circulated incompletely. In fact, Zelenskyy says that if Russia wins this war, then it will invade the Baltic countries and NATO, and then Americans will have to send their children to war, just like the Ukrainians are doing.

On February 24th, 2023, Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a press conference on the anniversary of Ukraine’s resistance to the Russian invasion and answered the questions of various journalists from around the world. The fragment of the interview disseminated in the Russian media and social networks is part of the answer to the question of the journalist of the American media ABC. The video is cut from The Telegraph’s YouTube live. In the full version, this question starts at 1:37, where a reporter asks the president of Ukraine what message he has for Americans who think the US is giving too much aid to Ukraine. To this, the president of Ukraine replies that he is grateful to all Americans, Congress, journalists, and the president who support Ukraine, and as for those Americans who think that the US is helping Ukraine too much, Zelensky said the following:

“I can tell them only one thing. If they do not change their opinion; If they do not understand us, if they do not support Ukraine, they will lose NATO, they will lose the cloud of the United States, they will lose the leadership position[…] Who wants a third world war? would anyone be willing to accept that risk? The US is never going to give up on NATO member states; If it happens so that Ukraine, due to various opinions, loses, Russia is going to enter the Baltic states, NATO member states and then, the US will have to send their sons and daughters, exactly the same way we are sending our sons and daughters to the war and they will have to fight., because this is NATO we are talking about and they will be dying because, god forbid, it’s a horrible thing.”

The version of the Kremlin Media Complete Version
The US will have to send their sons and daughters, exactly the same way we do, and they will have to fight, and they will die.  “Who wants a third world war? would anyone be willing to accept that risk? The US is never going to give up on NATO member states; If it happens so that Ukraine, due to various opinions, loses, Russia is going to enter the Baltic states, NATO member states and then, the US will have to send their sons and daughters, exactly the same way we are sending our sons and daughters to the war and they will have to fight., because this is NATO we are talking about and they will be dying because, god forbid, it’s a horrible thing.”

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Topic: Politics
Violation: Disinformation
Country: Ukraine, USA
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