Zelenskyy admits making 'many mistakes' during years of war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (photo: Getty Images)
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged that he has made many mistakes over the years of the full-scale war. According to him, the reason is the enormous number of difficult decisions and agreements he has to make every day, according to Volodymyr Zelenskyy's interview with The Wall Street Journal.
At the end of the conversation, WSJ Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker asked Zelenskyy how he deals with stress now after years of war.
"I don't know. I'm not sure that I really deal," the president replied.
He said he tries to do his job in a way that, after the war and after his presidency, he can continue living in his country and walk its streets.
Zelenskyy acknowledged that he has made many mistakes during the war.
"During the war you have so many mistakes. Why? Because you have to — how President Trump says — make a deal. So you have to make hundreds of deals per day," he said.
The president explained that such decisions are often uncomfortable and very sensitive.
"Sometimes... you don't even want to do this, but you have to," Zelenskyy added.
He did not specify which of his decisions he considers mistakes.
According to Zelenskyy, ultimately it comes down to his attitude toward his job, his country and his people.
"At the end of the day, everything is around people. So people give you energy to live, and also there are people whom you hate, and they take all your energy," the president said.
The same day, Zelenskyy said Putin wants to seize Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipro and other Ukrainian cities. According to him, war and instability are spreading around the world because of the Russian leader.
Zelenskyy previously also said that normal life and the principles of international law cannot be restored without returning annexed Crimea to Ukrainian control. Russia began demonstrating its disregard for the international order with its occupation of the peninsula in 2014.
