Resilient Zelensky tells BBC Putin has started World War III and must stop it

“If this is the condition for ending the war, then so be it. I said, ‘Honestly, you keep raising the issue of elections.’ I told the partners, ‘You need to decide one thing: Do you want to get rid of me or do you want to hold elections? If you want to hold elections (even if you are not ready to tell me honestly now), then hold these elections honestly. First hold elections in a way that the Ukrainian people recognize. You yourselves must recognize that these are legitimate elections.”