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riversedge

(81,984 posts)
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 02:57 PM 6 hrs ago

Our #USA needs a Leader like Zelenskyy--a man with a heart and soul.......

someone that feels for his kids, and the nation of Ukraine.


Kateryna Lisunova
@KaterynaLis
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3h
Very emotional moment from the interview with Zelenskyy. You should watch this.

JOURNALIST: Do you miss being an actor?

ZELENSKYY:?I miss being a good father.

JOURNALIST: When your children were little, what did you tell them the most? What was the thing that you told them the most when they were small?

ZELENSKYY: I love you.

JOURNALIST: And what do you tell them now that they're older?

ZELENSKYY: Oh, I miss you.

JOURNALIST: When was the last time you cried?

ZELENSKYY: I will try to do it after our interview. No, I mean this, between us. I'm a normal man and then there are a lot of different moments, between us, almost each day, a lot of losses on the battlefield and civilians, and there are absolutely crazy attacks on our people.

And I'm just, it's… I mean, It's very difficult really, when I give orders (medals). I said about it. It's always difficult for me when I give orders (medals) to the mothers and fathers, who lost their children. In such moments, really, I often cry.

JOURNALIST: Are you a hero?

ZELENSKYY: No.

JOURNALIST: So who is your hero?

ZELENSKYY:?My hero? My children, my army, our army, and Ukrainian people. So I'm a part… I'm also a Ukrainian, so I'm a part of our nation. But now our nation, I think, that our nation is absolutely heroic.


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Our #USA needs a Leader like Zelenskyy--a man with a heart and soul....... (Original Post) riversedge 6 hrs ago OP
Yes, President Z, you and the Ukrainian people are heroes in the fight for democracy and I salute you 🇺🇦 Deuxcents 4 hrs ago #1
There's the leader of the Free World. Kid Berwyn 3 hrs ago #2
My goodness. What a good man Ishoutandscream2 3 hrs ago #3
His heart must break every day. I don't know how he, or his fellow Ukrainians hold up. Boomerproud 1 hr ago #4

Deuxcents

(28,053 posts)
1. Yes, President Z, you and the Ukrainian people are heroes in the fight for democracy and I salute you 🇺🇦
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 05:12 PM
4 hrs ago

Kid Berwyn

(25,375 posts)
2. There's the leader of the Free World.
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 05:48 PM
3 hrs ago

Thanks to Putin and his favorite personal traitor, Trump

Boomerproud

(9,400 posts)
4. His heart must break every day. I don't know how he, or his fellow Ukrainians hold up.
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 07:50 PM
1 hr ago

There has to be a breaking point somewhere.

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