When the President of Ukraine invited CBS News to visit to the front line in his country’s war against Russian-backed separatists, we expected a quick trip in an armored motorcade to the muddy trenches that cut a bloody scar through the wheat fields of eastern Ukraine. We did not anticipate an informal breakfast — lard on rye bread, salmon sashimi, homemade cookies and shots of brandy — with President Volodymyr Zelensky and his elderly parents in their tiny, Soviet-era kitchen.
CBS News: Zelensky tells Americans war with Russia could ‘be tomorrow in their houses’
President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at the press conference marking his second year in office at the Antonov plant in Kyiv on May 20, 2021. During the press conference, he spoke at length about the upcoming bill that seeks to limit the influence of oligarchs in Ukraine. He submitted the bill on June 2.
