Overview

• In a recent Oval Office meeting, President Trump likened the Russia-Ukraine war to two children fighting in a park and suggested waiting before intervening
• Zelenskyy told ABC News that Ukraine and Russia are not playing and denounced Putin as “a murderer who came to kill the kids”
• He recounted a father’s account of losing his wife and three children in a missile strike to underscore civilian suffering
• The Ukrainian president cited 631 child fatalities and referenced a CSIS study estimating 60,000–100,000 Ukrainian and up to 250,000 Russian military deaths
• The full interview will air Sunday morning on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos”