Overview

• In an ABC News interview, Zelenskyy rejected President Trump’s comparison of the war to children fighting in a park and said Putin came “to kill the kids.”
• The Ukrainian president reported that 631 children have died and said Russian forces often target civilians in their offensive.
• Zelenskyy’s remarks followed a Vatican meeting in which Trump and the Ukrainian leader discussed peace efforts and a proposed ceasefire.
• The U.S. proposal would formally acknowledge Russia’s control of Crimea, a condition Kyiv has firmly turned down.
• Zelenskyy argued that anyone thousands of miles away, including President Trump, cannot fully grasp the suffering experienced on the ground.