Phil Caller

Jun 5, 2024 | theguardian.com | Katharine Viner |Nick Hopkins |Shaun Walker |Luke Harding |Phil Caller |Kyri Evangelou

In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, revealed the tactics and traits that help him face the daily frustrations of leading a country at war for more than two years. Within a ceremonial room inside Kyiv’s presidential compound, Zelenskiy spoke for nearly an hour with a Guardian team, including the editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner. The interview took place during perhaps the toughest time for Ukraine since the early days of the war.

May 31, 2024 | theguardian.com | Phil Caller

Volodymyr Zelenskiy said relative safety in Kyiv was thanks to 'the wall of warriors' on the frontline. In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Zelenskiy said he understood the humanity of men who did not want to fight and conceded that the energy among Ukrainians had slightly changed after two and a half years of war

May 31, 2024 | theguardian.com | Phil Caller

Western countries at peace do not share Ukraine’s sense of existential urgency, Volodymyr Zelenskiy has told the Guardian in an interview in Kyiv, adding that 'you don't know what war is until it comes to your home'. In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with the Guardian, Zelenskiy addressed what being at war has felt like in Ukraine

May 31, 2024 | theguardian.com | Phil Caller

Joe Biden’s delay in sanctioning the use of western weapons against targets in Russia has left the Kremlin’s forces laughing at Ukraine and able to 'hunt' its people, Volodymyr Zelenskiy has told the Guardian in an interview in Kyiv. On Thursday night it emerged that, after months of lobbying, the US had taken a small but symbolic step – and for the first time would permit some American made weapons to be used by Kyiv’s military to fire inside Russia in its defence of the city of Kharkiv.

May 31, 2024 | theguardian.com | Phil Caller

Asked about having the stamina to lead Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the Guardian that when he became president he promised to be with the people 'until the end' and to defend the constitution adding that it would therefore be unfair to show any weakness. Elections that were due to take place in Ukraine in May have been postponed because of Europe’s biggest war since 1945.