Volodymyr Zelensky quotes

I will not agree to go to war in the Donbass. I know there are a lot of hotheads, especially those who hold rallies and say, 'Let's go fight and win it all back!' But at what price? What is the cost? It's another story of lives and land. And I won't do it.

Chernobyl is a unique place on the planet, where nature revives after a world-wide man-made disaster, where there is a real 'ghost town.'

The Ukrainian nation, as no other nation, understands and is fully aware of the tragedy and its scale of all the lost lives of the Ukrainian Jews during the Second World War.

If there is no Ukrainian strong army, there will be no Ukraine, and that will be the case when everyone will understand... it's not the war in Ukraine, it's the war in Europe. We are defending our country, our land. We are not attacking anyone, because that is immoral.

I'm sure that in the future, every part of the world will recognize that Holodomor is a huge tragedy for Ukraine, and was actually the destruction of Ukrainian people.

I think everybody in Ukraine is so tired about Burisma. We have our own country. We have our independence, we have our problems and questions.

Faith is something we never discuss at the dinner table in my family, but I do believe in God.

Let's find those people whose names do not cause controversy in our present and in our future. Let's name the monuments and streets for those people whose names do not provoke conflict.

If there is no Ukrainian strong army, there will be no Ukraine, and that will be the case when everyone will understand... it's not the war in Ukraine, it's the war in Europe. We are defending our country, our land. We are not attacking anyone, because that is immoral.

People don't really believe in words. Or rather, people believe in words only for a stretch of time. Then they start to look for action.

Chernobyl has been a negative part of Ukraine's brand. The time has come to change this.

Ukraine and Israel have long-standing historical ties. Our nations have together experienced all the tragedies in recent history - the Holodomor and the Holocaust, the Second World War, and the totalitarian Soviet regime.

Ukraine and Israel have long-standing historical ties. Our nations have together experienced all the tragedies in recent history - the Holodomor and the Holocaust, the Second World War, and the totalitarian Soviet regime.

Politics is not an exact science. That's why in school I loved mathematics. Everything in mathematics was clear to me.

We must become Icelanders in soccer, Israelis in defending our land, Japanese in technology.

The president can't change the country on his own. But what can he do? He can give an example.

I will not agree to go to war in the Donbass. I know there are a lot of hotheads, especially those who hold rallies and say, 'Let's go fight and win it all back!' But at what price? What is the cost? It's another story of lives and land. And I won't do it.

All the money I have, I made with my talent.

We should show Chernobyl to the world: scientists, environmental specialists, historians and tourists.

I want to do something to change the mistrust towards politicians.

Politics is not an exact science. That's why in school I loved mathematics. Everything in mathematics was clear to me.

I respect Israel as hugely special, especially given all the sensitivities around it. The Jews managed to build a country, to elevate it, without anything except people and brains.

I do not try to play a role. I feel good being myself and saying what I think.

Faith is something we never discuss at the dinner table in my family, but I do believe in God.

Ukraine and Israel have long-standing historical ties. Our nations have together experienced all the tragedies in recent history - the Holodomor and the Holocaust, the Second World War, and the totalitarian Soviet regime.

The Ukrainian nation, as no other nation, understands and is fully aware of the tragedy and its scale of all the lost lives of the Ukrainian Jews during the Second World War.