“I'm the President of This Country, I'm 42, I'm Not Some Kind of Sucker” — Zelensky at Meeting in Zolote

The conversation was not very polite.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the village of Zolote to meet with veterans and volunteers who oppose the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the settlement. This was reported by Hromadske.

The Telegram channel “No Capitulation” posted a video of Zelensky's conversation with a man in military uniform named Denis, which has already spread online.

Denis asked the president whether he intends to meet with veterans regarding the “No Capitulation” campaign, which took place in several Ukrainian cities. Zelensky replied to him: “I came to tell you, put the weapons away. You're shifting the focus onto me. You can't voice any ultimatums to me at all”.

When Denis told the president that he should have been handed a letter from the campaign participants demanding a personal meeting with him, Zelensky behaved in a completely unfriendly manner.

Volodymyr Zelensky
President of Ukraine

He passed it to me, I'll read it. Listen, I'm the president of this country. I'm 42 years old. I'm not some kind of sucker. I came to you and said: put the weapons away. And don't you shift me onto the protests. I wanted to see understanding in your eyes. But I saw a guy who decided that some sap was standing in front of him, and is shifting me onto another topic.

After this, Zelensky added that “everyone must work to end the war”.