CBS News’ “60 Minutes” is airing an exclusive interview correspondent Scott Pelley had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy inside a government building in Kyiv for a two-part report airing this Sunday.
In a couple of clips previewing the interview, Pelley asks Zelenskyy what he wants the world to know regarding what Ukraine is attempting in its defense against the Russian invasion.
“We are defending the ability of a person to live in the modern world. They say we’re defending Western values. I always say, what are Western values? Someone who lives in the United States or Europe, do they also not like children? Do they not want their children to go to university, do they not want their grandfather to live for 100 years?” Zelenskyy said.
“We have the same values. We are defending the right to live. I never thought this right was so costly. These are human values. So that Russia doesn’t choose what we should do and how I’m using my rights. That right was given to me by God and my parents.”
Pelley also asked the Ukrainian president about what occurred in Bucha, where residents were killed, and evidence of possible war crimes is emerging. Zelenskyy provided a short response when discussing his visit to Bucha and what he saw this week.
“Death. Just death,” Zelenskyy said.
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