President Zelenskyy called Vladimir Putin a “mad man” who was “repeating the horrific crimes of Hitler’s regime today' in a new video address.
Ukraine. Speaking in a video address Monday, delivered while walking the fortified streets of Kyiv, Zelenskyy described the Russian president a “mad man” who was “repeating the horrific crimes of Hitler’s regime today,” in a video address Monday, delivered while walking the fortified streets of Kyiv. “On the Day of Victory over Nazism, we are fighting for a new victory,” Zelenskyy said. “The road to it is difficult, but we have no doubt that we will win.
The remarks came shortly before Putin’s own speech, and undermined the propaganda the Russian dictator has used as the pretext for the onslaught, which observers worry he could soon intensify. “This has not gone well,” as, former United States ambassador representative for Ukraine negotiations and a fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis,NBC News ahead of the holiday commemorating the defeat of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
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