On Wednesday morning, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin (69) ordered the partial mobilization of his armed forces with immediate effect. 300,000 reservists to be sent to Ukraine!
In a televised speech, Putin also announced four referendums in the occupied Ukrainian territories and again threatened the West with the use of nuclear weapons.
How is Ukraine reacting? On Wednesday afternoon, BILD met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (44) for an interview in the capital Kiev.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskii gave BILD his first interview after Putin announced he would carry out a partial mobilization and hold referendums in the occupied territories
Here is what Selensky says about Russian partial mobilization, Russian referendums and Putin’s nuclear threat against his country and the West!
In the BILD interview, Selenskyj explained that he did not see Putin’s speech. His speech on TV “wasn’t my favorite video,” the president said. “I have all the information I need.” The speech was “nothing new to me”.
Putin has already carried out the partial mobilization, Zelenskii told the BILD. “Our intelligence services and our allies have already said this. He has been mobilized in the last month “.
–President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyj in an interview with BILD Vice President Paul Ronzheimer in Kiev
According to Zelenskyy, the partial mobilization shows that Russia has “problems with officers and other military personnel”. “We already know that they mobilized the cadets, guys who couldn’t fight. These cadets have fallen. They couldn’t even finish their education. All these people cannot fight. They came to us and are dying ”.
The president of Ukraine continued: “He sees that his units are simply fleeing. He needs a multimillion-dollar army to come to us. Because he sees that most of those who come to us simply run away ”.
Zelenskii’s sad conclusion: “He wants to drown Ukraine in the blood, but also in the blood of his own soldiers”.
German tanks “save lives”
Zelenskii addressed Germany directly and asked for more military support. In particular: German tanks!
“For us, tanks mean we can save more lives,” said the Ukrainian president. Ukraine is grateful for Germany’s military and financial support, but it needs more to win the war. “Armored technology is a matter of survival, of the survival of our soldiers,” Zelenskii said in an interview with BILD.
The president of Ukraine appealed to the federal government not to justify the refusal to supply tanks with the behavior of the United States or other countries. “They are independent from other states,” Zelenskyy told the German government. “Germany is the strongest economy in Europe, so Germany can also lead by example.”
That’s how noisy it got with Scholz’s phone calls
The Ukrainian president also said that phone calls with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (64, SPD) were sometimes loud. “I’m a very direct person. It’s not just my character. It also saves time for solving problems,” says Zelenskii.
“I was often very direct on the phone because I didn’t understand some passages,” the president said. “There have been situations where the walls shook.”
“I don’t think he will use these weapons”
The Ukrainian president was not troubled by Putin’s threats. He has no intention of undoing the reconquest of the territories occupied by Russia. “We will act according to our plans step by step. I am sure that we will free our territory ”. Referendums are “fictitious referendums, 90% of states will not recognize them”.
Regarding Putin’s indirect threat to use nuclear weapons, Zelenskyy said: “I don’t think he will use these weapons. I don’t think the world will allow him to use those weapons.”
However, Selenskyj does not rule out a nuclear attack: “We cannot look into this person’s head, there are risks”.
However, we must not give in to Putin’s threats. «Tomorrow Putin can say: in addition to Ukraine, we also want a part of Poland, otherwise we will use nuclear weapons. We cannot make these compromises ”.
Zelenskii: What if Putin threatens Germany?
Zelenskii also warned Germany against giving in to Putin’s nuclear threats: the day after tomorrow he can say that “Germany also remembers the GDR and the Federal Republic of Germany as it once did. He will say: Sorry, we will start rebuilding the wall. Here we have brought our Russian bricks Will Germany agree because they fear Russia will use nuclear weapons?
The president of Ukraine told the BILD: “There are still countries in the world that have not understood that Putin has already lost the war. Historically he has lost. Not only against Ukraine. He has lost against his country. He has lost against his country. the whole world. He has lost against democracy. His war is lost. Since the first day of the invasion of the territory of Ukraine he has lost this war. Nobody will forgive him anything “.
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