Full interview: Zelenskyy says Ukraine 'will not prevail’ if U.S. takes Russia's side

I do want to start with the latest news.

President Trump has signed an executive order waiving sanctions for Russia in direct contradiction to the bipartisan bill signed for Lindsey Graham that he just signed into law weeks ago.

What is your reaction?

So it's a pity, of course, because, first of all, it's all about the life of Lindsey.

He is a great man, absolutely.

He was a great supporter of peace and of Ukraine.

And he was a dozen times in Ukraine.

And, of course, he always supported.

At the very beginning, when not a big number of people trusted that we will stand and we will defend and we will defend our freedom and independence.

He always was on our side and he really believed in Ukraine and was very supportive.

And of course, he invested in this bill too much, a lot.

support of his friends, senators and congressmen.

I'm thankful to all of them who supported this bill.

And of course, he invested his life and time because he really believed in Ukraine and always I mean, he was always on our side.

So it's a pity that now it doesn't work, this bill.

And I hope that other American politicians will support this bill.

And I hope that maybe we will have a chance.

What are the implications of President Trump waiving sanctions for Russia? What's the impact?

strengthening Putin's war against us because he feels success.

He doesn't have any kind of success on the battlefield, especially this year, 2026.

He lost opportunities on the battlefield and all his operations he lost so be not successful and because of our army and they've been very strong our soldiers have been very strong this year then we really built try to build air defense shield to defend our civilians but always big deficit with Patriot missiles and other kind of air defense but in any way it's understandable that we have something we have support of Americans have support from Europeans but but now I think that this you know this it's It's really big support for Putin.

He fills victory with sanctions.

And this little deal and then Starlink between us, we have to be very honest.

So we're always thankful bipartisan support, but with Starlink, it's not the support.

Really, for today, it's more supportive for Russian aggression, especially for their strikes against our civilians, against our energy projects.

I do want to start with the latest news.

President Trump has signed an executive order waiving sanctions for Russia in direct contradiction to the bipartisan bill signed for Lindsey Graham that he just signed into law weeks ago.

What is your reaction?

So it's a pity, of course, because, first of all, it's all about the life of Lindsey.

He is a great man, absolutely.

He was a great supporter of peace and of Ukraine.

And he was a dozen times in Ukraine.

And, of course, he always supported.

At the very beginning, when not a big number of people trusted that we will stand and we will defend and we will defend our freedom and independence.

He always was on our side and he really believed in Ukraine and was very supportive.

And of course, he invested in this bill too much, a lot.

support of his friends, senators and congressmen.

I'm thankful to all of them who supported this bill.

And of course, he invested his life and time because he really believed in Ukraine and always I mean, he was always on our side.

So it's a pity that now it doesn't work, this bill.

And I hope that other American politicians will support this bill.

And I hope that maybe we will have a chance.

What are the implications of President Trump waiving sanctions for Russia? What's the impact?

strengthening Putin's war against us because he feels success.

He doesn't have any kind of success on the battlefield, especially this year, 2026.

He lost opportunities on the battlefield and all his operations he lost so be not successful and because of our army and they've been very strong our soldiers have been very strong this year then we really built try to build air defense shield to defend our civilians but always big deficit with Patriot missiles and other kind of air defense but in any way it's understandable that we have something we have support of Americans have support from Europeans but but now I think that this you know this it's It's really big support for Putin.

He fills victory with sanctions.

And this little deal and then Starlink between us, we have to be very honest.

So we're always thankful bipartisan support, but with Starlink, it's not the support.

Really, for today, it's more supportive for Russian aggression, especially for their strikes against our civilians, against our energy projects.