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... The journalist asked if Zelenskyy believes that US President Donald Trump is putting enough pressure on Putin.

Zelenskyy responded that Trump has made various statements in recent days. [He] added that at one point, Trump had called Putin crazy, but then suddenly claimed the war reminded him of children fighting in a park who just needed to be allowed to throw a few punches.

However, the Ukrainian president explained that such an analogy about children does not fit the war in Ukraine. Ukrainians are not playing with Russians. This is not a story about two children.

"They came to us. That's a fact.

And this is an adult. Putin is definitely not a child. He knows exactly what he's doing. This is more like an adult maniac who walks into a playground where children are sitting, comes in with a gun, and just starts taking people.

He abducted children -- that's a fact.

He kills these children.

He has killed them -- that's a fact.

He left children without parents.

That's what this is like.

And in my opinion, you can't just say, 'Let's pull them apart.'

No one deals with maniacs like that. That's not how real life works. This is a maniac and a child on a playground," the President emphasized. ...