Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN)Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday other world leaders have been overstating the likelihood of war between his country and Russia, causing “panic” and destabilising Kyiv’s economy.
Speaking to foreign reporters Friday, Zelensky said he explained in phone calls to world leaders such as US President Joe Biden and France’s Emmanuel Macron that, though the threat from the Kremlin is “imminent and constant,” Ukrainians have “learned to live” with it since Moscow invaded in 2014.
“They are saying tomorrow is the war. This means panic,” Zelensky said.
Russia has amassed tens of thousands of troops on its border with Ukraine, prompting fears that Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning an incursion. Russia has repeatedly denied it plans to invade its western neighbor. -CNN