Ukrainian first lady sits down for exclusive interview with ABC News: 'Don't get used to our pain'
Since the start of Russia's invasion, the Ukrainian first lady has been in hiding with her two children. A difficult question her 9-year-old son keeps asking is when the war will end, Olena Zelenska said in an exclusive interview with ABC News.
"Unfortunately, I don't think any Ukrainian would be able to answer that question," Zelenska told "Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts in her first televised solo interview since the invasion began.
In discussing the state of the conflict nearly 100 days after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a "special military operation" in Ukraine, Zelenska said that conceding territory to Russia won't stop the war.
"You just can't concede ... parts of your territory. It's like conceding a freedom," Zelenska, 44, said in the interview, airing on "Good Morning America" Thursday. "Even if we would consider territories, the aggressor would not stop at that. He would continue pressing, he would continue launching more and more steps forward, more and more attacks against our territory."
The interview with Zelenska will air Thursday on "Good Morning America" and across ABC News. "Good Morning America" airs at 7 a.m. on ABC.
First Lady of Ukraine discusses state of war with Robin Roberts