Exclusive: Zelensky didn't think he'd survive this long after invasion
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Exclusive: Zelensky didn't think he'd survive this long after invasion
""Of course not. 100%, no," Zelensky responded."
""This might be the last time you see me alive," he told them in a video conference."
""I just shared with them all my emotions, and all my thoughts.""
""I understood that it would be difficult for us. Of course I didn't know that I will be - we all, my team - will be alive in 3.5 years," he said."
Zelensky feared he might not survive the war's early days and told EU leaders he might be seen alive for the last time. He conducted rapid five-to-ten-minute phone calls with multiple world leaders to convey emotions and urgent needs. He acknowledged the difficulty ahead and admitted uncertainty about his and his team's survival over 3.5 years. He concentrated on unifying the country immediately and signaling a clear need for assistance from Europe and the international community.
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