Zelensky said he understands Putin and the Russians better than Trump: [Do you feel supported by President Trump?] Look, President Trump really wants to end this war. Yes, and he always brings it up. And of course, we are on the same side when we talk about the conditions for ending this war. My philosophy is that Putin is a deeply Soviet man. Both in his reality and in his thinking we understand this because we were all born, not all of us, but my generation, born in the Soviet Union, in Ukraine during the Soviet Union. So we understand that mentality. And that's why, I think, we understand the Russians more clearly than the United States, which from the point of view of global security, can discuss various issues with Russia and so on. But we understand the mentality of Putin, the Russians, the Russian soldiers and their citizens.

Zelensky said he understands Putin and the Russians better than Trump: [Do you feel supported by President Trump?] Look, President Trump really wants to end this war. Yes, and he always brings it up. And of course, we are on the same side when we talk about the conditions for ending this war. My philosophy is that Putin is a deeply Soviet man. Both in his reality and in his thinking we understand this because we were all born, not all of us, but my generation, born in the Soviet Union, in Ukraine during the Soviet Union. So we understand that mentality. And that's why, I think, we understand the Russians more clearly than the United States, which from the point of view of global security, can discuss various issues with Russia and so on. But we understand the mentality of Putin, the Russians, the Russian soldiers and their citizens.