What Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said about Battle of Kyiv (2022)

2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 22, 2026

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, has been quoted on Battle of Kyiv (2022) 2 times in 1 episode of The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, most recently on October 22, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Zelenskyy said leaving Kyiv during the invasion would have been a betrayal of the people and the constitution.
“I couldn't abandon Kiev, the office, the people. It's just impossible. That would be betrayal”
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: President Zelenskyy: Peace Is A Huge Compromise, The Horrific Atrocities Of Russian War Crimes! (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 58:30
Zelenskyy rejected Trump's wrong-turn explanation, saying Russia needed roughly twice as many troops to take and hold Kyiv against resistance.
“I think three to 400,000 to take Kyiv. They needed twice as many men”
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: President Zelenskyy: Peace Is A Huge Compromise, The Horrific Atrocities Of Russian War Crimes! (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:08:14

President Zelenskyy: Peace Is A Huge Compromise, The Horrific Atrocities Of Russian War Crimes!
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Oct 22, 2026 · 1 h 50 min
Steven Bartlett interviews Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the personal toll of war, the 2022 invasion, Bucha, peace terms, and his dispute with Donald Trump.