Zelenskyy on his 'emotional' relationship with Trump and fighting Russia
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[0:00] AMNA NAWAZ: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this
[0:03] evening that a Russian strike on an aid station and shelter killed at least 26
[0:08] people in Southern Ukraine today. It was the latest in an unceasing
[0:12] series of Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and the civilians living there.
[0:16] Before that bombing, I spoke with President Zelenskyy from Kyiv for a wide-ranging interview
[0:22] as the war remains in a stalemate, both on the battlefield and at the negotiating table.
[0:28] President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, welcome back to the "News Hour." Thank you for joining us.
[0:32] VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, Ukrainian President: Thank you very much for an invitation, Amna.
[0:34] AMNA NAWAZ: So I want to begin with some news just from last night. The air raid alert app
[0:40] that most of Ukraine relies on to alert them to incoming attacks, that was seemingly hacked.
[0:46] It was sending out false alerts about chemical and nuclear threats in Ukraine.
[0:51] Russian authorities then said today that their emergency mobile app was
[0:55] also hacked and sending out fake alerts. Do you
[0:59] know what happened? Did Russia hack your system and did Ukraine hack them back?
[1:04] VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY: Yes, it's true. You are absolutely right, Amna. They attacked our
[1:08] system. It was cyberattack, one of the hundreds and thousands of those been made by Russians
[1:14] before on banking system, on pensions, social support, a lot of different support for civilians.
[1:22] And also, of course, they want each day to make chaos in Ukraine in all our cities,
[1:29] one of s