“He looked tired, he looked emotionally drained. That came through in the interview... certainly that interaction over the text from Emmanuel Macron suggested the lighter, more dominant side of his nature, more personable and warm.
“But as the interview went on we talked about… those areas to the north west, Bucha and Borodyanka, those where he visited, he saw body bags in the street. He saw the devastation that Russian shelling has wrought to those areas over the last few weeks.”
“I think there were a lot of people in this country who were skeptical, frankly, that he was up to the task. As I say, he’s a comedian and an actor. That’s what he was in another life.
“Was he going to be able to handle the toughest crisis in this country’s history - certainly since the Second World War - and also shoulder the burden of potentially the maintenance of democracy in Eastern Europe. I think the general consensus is that he’s risen to that challenge.”
The pair met for the interview earlier this weekBBC/Getty
Zelensky accused European countries that are still buying Russian oil of “dealing in blood money” during the recent interview with the BBC.
“We don’t understand how you can make money out of blood,” Zelensky said of nations still buying Russian oil. “Unfortunately, this is what some European countries have been doing.”
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