Zelensky urges Biden to send strong message on Russia and says: 'I'm not iconic. Ukraine is iconic'

[Uncle Joe]

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In the rare interview on Tuesday afternoon, Zelensky said that as long as Moscow's attacks on Ukrainian cities continued, little progress could be made in talks between the two nations.

"You have to speak first of all. Everybody has to stop fighting and to go [back] to that point from where it began five, six days ago," Zelensky said. "It's important to stop bombing people and then we can move on and sit at the negotiation table."

Asked if he felt Ukraine was wasting its time by talking with Russia, he said: "We'll see." Officials from the two countries met for the first time on Monday since Russia's invasion began last week.

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"As you can see, no one is being very careful about the targets. We see the children are being killed ... We are defending our right for life," he said, adding that Moscow is "launching their missiles against the ancient old Kyiv, the heart of Kyiv."

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/01/europe/volodymyr-zelensky-ukraine-cnn-interview-intl/index.html