Key statements made by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during a press conference in Vienna.

In the capital of Austria, he met with Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen and First Lady Doris Schmidauer.

Zelensky: The proposal to exchange children for soldiers is outside the bounds of international law.

President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that the Russian side proposed exchanging abducted Ukrainian children for their soldiers.
“This is sheer madness, and the 'Russians' suggested: we give them soldiers, and they give us children. This is simply beyond comprehension and outside the realm of international law,” he noted.

The President emphasized the importance of international initiatives aimed at returning all children abducted by Russia.