在美国广播公司新闻的独家采访中,乌克兰第一夫人奥莱娜·泽伦斯卡谈到了与俄罗斯的持续冲突以及乌克兰人民目前作为一个国家的立场。
自入侵开始以来,44岁的泽伦斯卡在她的首次电视个人采访中告诉“早安美国”的联合主持人罗宾·罗伯茨,向俄罗斯割让领土不会停止战争。
“你就是不能让出…你的部分领土。这就像放弃一种自由,”泽伦斯卡说。“即使我们考虑领土,侵略者也不会就此罢休。他会继续施压,他会继续向前迈出越来越多的步伐,对我们的领土发动越来越多的攻击。”
2022年6月1日,罗宾·罗伯茨在乌克兰与乌克兰总统沃洛季米尔·泽伦斯基的妻子奥莱娜·泽伦斯卡交谈。
乌克兰总统办公室新闻处
采访发生在俄罗斯入侵乌克兰近100天之后,俄罗斯摧毁了许多城镇,迫使数百万乌克兰居民流离失所。
在未能占领首都基辅后,俄罗斯军队在乌克兰东部有争议的顿巴斯地区发动了全面的地面进攻。
本周,美国总统乔·拜登宣布,作为7亿美元一揽子安全援助的一部分,美国将向乌克兰提供更先进的军事装备。此前,乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽伦斯基(Volodymyr Zelenskyy)上个月呼吁使用远程火箭系统“击败暴政”。
对泽伦斯卡的采访将于周四在“早安美国”和美国广播公司新闻频道播出。《GMA》在美国广播公司早上7点播出。
Ukraine's first lady tells ABC News that giving up land is 'like conceding a freedom'
In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska spoke about the state of the ongoing conflict with Russia and where the Ukrainian people currently stand as a country.
In her first televised solo interview since the invasion began, Zelenska, 44, told "Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts 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 said. "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 comes nearly 100 days since Russia invaded Ukraine, devastating towns and forcing the displacement of millions of Ukrainian residents.
After failing to capture the capital of Kyiv, the Russian military has since launched a full-scale ground offensive in eastern Ukraine's disputed Donbas region.
This week, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. will be sending Ukraine more sophisticated military equipment as part of a $700 million package of security assistance. The move follows calls from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last month for long-range rocket systems to "allow the defeat of tyranny."
The interview with Zelenska will air Thursday on "Good Morning America" and across ABC News. "GMA" airs at 7 a.m. on ABC.