In a new plan of desperation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is begging President Donald Trump to visit Ukraine and see the impact that war has had on the country, claiming that Trump and people in his administration can’t “understand” what is happening without seeing it first hand.
In an interview with CBS News’ 60 Minutes published on Friday, Zelensky was asked if he would ever invite Trump Ukraine, to which he replied, “With pleasure. Please. I always wanted very much, that’s what I wanted to do, I did it… I always said that, we want you to come, to come and to see.”
He continued, “You think you understand what’s happening here, OK, we respect your position… everybody thinks they understand… but please. Before any kind of decisions, any kind of format of negotiations, come to see people — civilians, warriors, hospitals, churches, children destroyed or dead, wounded or just walking in the streets.”
Zelensky also recalled his visit to the Oval Office in February, in which things got heated between himself and Vice President JD Vance when he argued, “Have you ever been to Ukraine, have you seen what problems we have? Come once”.
Vance replied that foreign leaders who do visit are given a “propaganda tour” which is carefully curated. Clearly two months later, this is still a sore spot for Zelensky.
“We see this war differently,” he said, “I am in Ukraine and I understand what happened. But he does not understand at all. He speaks in the same language as the Russians… We will not prepare anything [for a VIP visit], it will not be theatre, with actors in the streets. We don’t do this, we don’t need it. You can go where you want in any city that has been under attack”.
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