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Volodymyr Zelenskyy: belief

6 Jan 2025 Lex Fridman Podcast #456 – Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

“People are more important than planes. But there will be a moment, and Trump, by the way, I think that the war will end and President Trump may be the first leader to travel here by airplane.”

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy

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Speaker
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Attribution
Verified speaker
Claim type
belief
Recorded
6 Jan 2025
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast

Transcript context

…I hope the Kyiv airport will open soon, then it will be easier to fly in. Yes, I am looking forward to it. Maybe we will open it, but only, and you must understand if the war is over, there must be sustainable peace and air defense systems to be honest. And we must ensure that they are long-lasting and effective. Let’s take the airport for example, and let’s focus on the airport in Dresden, which very well as it is handling important cargo for Ukraine in Poland. And there are patriot systems there because everyone understands what the risk is. Well, Russia is a risk and therefore we need air defense systems. And today, today, take for example, the air defense system of one city or another that is being shelled and move it, move it to the airport. Well, that would be dishonest. People are more important than planes. But there will be a moment, and Trump, by the way, I think that the war will end and President Trump may be the first leader to travel here by airplane. I think it would be symbolic by airplane. Again, January 25th around that date. Right? Flying in, meeting the Air Force One.…

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