– Nothing like this has happened since the Second World War. I know many people thought I might be exaggerating. But I knew we had grounds to claim that he (Russian President Vladimir Putin) would go in, across the border, says Biden.
– There was no doubt about the case. And Zelensky did not want to hear any of it.
Zelensky’s leadership during the war has been praised, but at the same time he has been criticized for not being sufficiently prepared.
In the weeks leading up to the war on February 24, Zelensky was angry when representatives of Biden’s government repeatedly warned that a Russian invasion was highly likely. At that time, Zelensky is said to have been concerned about how the sound of war drums affected the country’s fragile economy.