"- I hope the Kyiv airport will open soon. Then it will... it will be easier to fly in. - Yes, I think that the war will end, and President Trump may be the first leader to travel here by airplane. I t..."

"- In most of cases, we did not receive money, we received weapons. And where we saw risks that something could be happening with weapons, we cracked down hard on everyone. And believe me, this is not ..."

"In the end, you lose trust, and with it, you lose support. Therefore, believe me, we are fighting more against disinformation than against particular cases, although I still emphasize once again, at t..."

"- Who are you talking about now? Who loves his country? - Putin. Do you think he doesn't love his country? - No. What is his country? He happened to consider Ukraine his country. What is his country? ..."

"We had a choice, speak in Russian, Ukrainian, or English. The President does speak some English, but he's far from fluent in it. And I, sadly, don't speak Ukrainian. Yet. So Russian is the only common..."

"So we had a difficult choice of three languages. And faced with that choice, we said yes to all three. To the consternation and dismay of the translators. We make captions and voice over audio tracks ..."

"civilization. On another note, let me say that President Zelenskyy is a truly remarkable person and a historic figure. I say this as somebody who deeply understands the geopolitical complexity and his..."

"being. It was an honor and pleasure to talk with him on and off the mic. Now, it is true that I plan to travel to Moscow and to speak with President Vladimir Putin. And I hope to be back in Kyiv as we..."

"Now, finally, please allow me to briefly overview some history to give background for several topics that President Zelenskyy references in this conversation. I recommend my conversation with Serhii P..."

"I believe that Presidents Zelenskyy, Putin, and Trump should meet soon after January 20th this year, and give everything they got to negotiate a ceasefire and security guarantees that pave the way for..."

"- I speak Russian perfectly, of course, and I understand everything you are talking about. However, I can't respond in Russian the entire interview. It's because... This is how it is today. I am not m..."

"They…they began the occupation in the supposed defense of the Russian language. And that's why... With all due respect, I would like to give an interview in Ukrainian. This is very... This is very imp..."

"You're a smart guy, so you have a lot of experience in dialogue of this kind. That's why I think you will, you will understand me. Yeah I, anyway, I think it is far better for Donald Trump to hear my ..."

"- Well, when you come and visit me in Texas as a guest for the third time... - With pleasure. - Let's do this. How about you, my friend Joe Rogan, and I will go get some Texas barbecue together. - Who..."

"I'm... I'm a little bit busy. - Yeah. - But... if I'll be... if I'll be in the United States, I hope that I will have a conversation and a meeting with President Trump. And of course, during my visit ..."

"Although I asked him as a boy would, "How many fascists did you kill?" He never talked about it. He believed that the war was a great... a great tragedy. A tragedy for everyone. And... Ukraine was occ..."

"He was the only one who came back. He had nobody, he came back and he found... found my grandmother, his future wife. And she was, she managed... What was it called then? I don't know, they don't have..."

"And I think that my grandfather, frankly, would never have believed that this war is possible. He would never have believed it. Because he worked in the police after the war, he was a colonel, he work..."

"in our minds and in our hearts. I believe that. - It's a one second delay. - Yeah, yeah, yeah... - So, if I... I'm sorry, if you... - It's fine... - ...tell a joke, I will laugh about 1, 2 or 3 second..."

"- Well... Well, firstly, the war actually started earlier. It started here, in Ukraine. Kyiv was bombed, as you quoted. But the war had already begun before that. And I think I perceived it as a start..."

"A vision of "one world." And, in principle, the so-called Russian World, the ideology Putin promotes and imposes—it wasn’t originally like that. He was a different person back then, or maybe he was al..."

"What I told you about. Europe was sinking then. I gave you an example of it. But the whole world looked the other way. And didn't pay attention. And said, "No, we can negotiate with him." "I'm telling..."

"Before this, I must honestly say... Everyone said something, predicted something, etc., but I asked only for one thing, primarily from the United States: if you are sure, if you have the evidence, if ..."

"how can this be? You just can't fully believe this. You just don't understand, why now, given everything that happen in World War 2... when... when millions of people died. None of it mattered. Still,..."

""That's it, he just..." On the phone, I remember this conversation. I told him that I believed... I told him, "You are a murderer too, I'm just saying." And he told me, "You must understand, you can't..."

"The strength is in your family, and this is the most important thing. And I'm the president, and therefore I had to stop being a father in my own family. And my wife had to do everything, she had to d..."

"- According to our legislation, in principle, I'm the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, so I had to give corresponding orders. Yes, I have a military office, and then later there was a..."

"Russia is very good, at spreading large-scale disinformation. Fortunately, I have two decades of experience managing a production studio, TV channels, and large media resources. I understood that we n..."

"There were waves. There were waves of Russian on the first day, who said, "He ran away." I had to go out into the street. I left the office and went outside. I had to do this, because I was showing th..."

"This is why I have hope. - He is actually deaf, even if he speaks to you, he is deaf by his very nature. Do you understand the difference? You know, for instance when you talk to Musk you're talking t..."

"He is... he is simply different. - But it's still necessary. - A mammoth stands before you. - By the way, I must say that when you said "bare-assed", it was not translated. Could the interpreter pleas..."

"Yes, it is possible through dialogue. We're not opposed to it. You just need to be in a strong position to make the other person want it. Do you think he wants to end the war? That's what you suggeste..."

"You won't see it. That's what I think. Sorry. - No, sorry, I interrupted you first. But what I would want... I do have what some, what some might call a naive dream of you sitting down with Putin and ..."

"By the way, no one in Ukraine believed, few believed in the ceasefire, and he wanted troop withdrawal. I calculated that if there were a withdrawal of troops from the line of contact the way Russians ..."

"When you step into the ring, you understand everything, pretty much. - Mhm. - And so I stepped into it, and I was... I was definitely well prepared. But he wasn't. No. He was not deeply involved in th..."

"and exchanged the people. Regarding the ceasefire. Well... They started killing us in about a month. So... I called him. And I told him, "We agreed on a ceasefire, didn’t we? Well, it wasn't a piece o..."

"attention to Crimea being illegally occupied either. And, to be honest, the United States of America too. Everyone was somewhat silent about this issue. That's how it was. It was...it was like that be..."

"to the people who live in those territories? These are millions of people. Did you know, that since 2014, in Donetsk, in the Crimea, This is happening in Melitopol as well as in Berdyansk now, they ar..."

"But he will give Putin an opportunity because in Putin's head, he wants me to fight with Trump. Putin's plan is to end the occupation of our territory. This is in his sick head. And... I am absolutely..."

"I'm just sharing this with you. Like I said at the very beginning, I want to be very honest with you and with your audience. Yes, it's true. If we do not have security guarantees, Putin will come agai..."

"And I think he will be happy. And the president and your people will be happy. But it's your decision, I'm just sharing. Yes, And cheap oil. So, Putin won't have so much money for... for the war. And ..."

"- Okay, can I interview you a little? Question is: what land is the war happening on? And where did it start? On our soil, on our territory, international law was violated, the sovereignty of our coun..."

"And all of them, all of them, if you talk to them, they say... "Mmhh..." But then they all recognize that... that it's his own big mistake. Putin's mistake. And that he's not right. That's why I said,..."

"- My English is not very good either. - Your English is very good. - Thank you. To be honest, I'm terrible at speaking in every language. Well, there... there are other ideas. For instance, sorry to s..."

"And nobody is held accountable... But the man lost his children. He... He will not get anything. None of the killers will be in prison. All the sanctions will be removed. And he lost his children. And..."

"why wouldn't these people come back with hate? They will definitely come back. So when we talk about NATO, NATO is not only stopping Russia. Do not forget, NATO is stopping us too. Because there will ..."

"It works or not. It works politically or militarily. I don't know. But it works. So without Trump without the United States of America there will not be NATO. That is the first. So... And you say, can..."

"these security guarantees, which can prevent Russian aggression. Of course, we have security guarantees, bilaterally with some countries: financing, support of our internal military and defending and ..."

"- Your English is better than my Russian. This is so... this is wonderful. - I'm not sure. - I'm just giving you a compliment. - Thank you! No, no, thank you. - You're supposed to do that kind of thi..."

"It is translated as "assurance", assurance right? And in Russian it will be... And ... What? Assurance. That is, give up nuclear weapons because you were under pressure of the US and Russia for Ukrain..."

"USA Britain Russia. France China. Did anyone come, you ask? No. Did anyone reply to these letters, official letters, they are all recorded by diplomats. Did anyone conduct consultations? No. And why n..."

"No. Another. This is a train, this is a train with waste paper, with security guarantees, which Ukraine has been riding for many years. The second car on this train is the Minsk agreements. The Norman..."

"Seriously. Republicans were in favor. The US was in favor. Because Republicans and Bush were not afraid of anyone. They were not afraid of anyone. And they knew that Ukraine rightly wanted to join NAT..."

"first and foremost number one. Moreover, he told me on the phone that... he is waiting for us to meet and there will be an official visit, and my visit would be the first or one of the first to him. A..."

"And if you say there is a risk that Trump, President Trump, will withdraw from NATO, for example, this is a decision of the United States, I am simply saying that if it does, Putin will destroy Europe..."

"And for what? We definitely don't want a world war with you. There is no such purpose. There is no such purpose as gathering everyone. We do not want any war. We want to stop the Russians. And they in..."

"- Ah, that's, you, you... Well, when you speak. - In English. - In English, yeah. You don't even need answers because when you now were talking, you already answered on all the questions. The first on..."

"impossible. I don't know, do you have children? - No, not yet, - Okay. - But I would like to. - Yes. God bless. And this is the most important thing in life. And they simply took away the most precio..."

"Well, just bigger. So... so ask yourself, does he love them? What is he doing? And what does he love? Do you think he's been everywhere? In his Russia? It's impossible to get around it. He hasn't been..."

"- Listen, I have... tremendous respect for you, admiration for many reasons, one of which is you stayed in Kyiv. And another one is that you visit the front, and you talk to the soldiers on the front,..."

"It will. This will happen because they are guilty. They are guilty. And as I told you, the guilty are different. Both those who participated and... and those who remained silent. Because... silence is..."

"around him who will have connections with him, with the right things. For me, the truth is very right things. What's going on really on the battlefield? What's going on really with Putin and Russia? W..."

"That is, he turned back Georgia. Young people, students, everyone leaves, and this is a fact. Georgia is quite small. And they will leave, they, they want to live in Europe, they want to develop. Some..."

"This is what he will do. And besides this this will happen in any case, even if the US is thinking about leaving NATO. This war will affect the United States because North Korea is the first sign. Nor..."

"- We keep switching languages. - Like a dragon, you know? Three heads, three translators. - So one of the difficult decisions you had to make when the war began is to enact martial law. So, when you w..."

"Yes, it slowed down, but we went through a lot. - When do you think you will hold elections? Because for people who don't know, as a part of the martial law, elections were suspended, and they were de..."

"The infrastructure needs to be created for these millions of people to vote. Millions of people in the occupied territories. I am not even talking about the occupation of 2014. I am talking about the ..."

"- Are you running for re-election? - Even I don't know, really. I don't know. I don't know. It is a very difficult question. It depends on how this war will finish. It depends on what people will want..."

"maybe some of them will, and it's okay. It's normal. It's very normal. Our system differs from the system in the United States. You have two parties, and the parties decide who will be the leader. And..."

"I mentioned $9 trillion in the United States, war breeds corruption. So can you speak to that, how you have been fighting corruption? And can you respond to the accusations that has been corruption in..."

"That is, we fought against the strongest influential oligarchs, which, uhm, are and were in Ukraine, and we eliminated a lot of corruption. Of course, corruption exists in everyday life, it exists, bu..."

"But everywhere you have to spend money. So... We could get more weapons, but we have to pay for this very expensive fleet. My question. Is this corruption or not? Or lobbyism? What is it? - You mean c..."

"Do you honestly think anyone could steal weapons by the truckload when we ourselves don’t have enough on the front lines? And yet, we have to provide proof to defend ourselves. Because when there’s an..."

"First of all, so that our guys have a connection, and children, too. And I am really... I am really grateful to him for that. I think we need... I would like him to come to Ukraine, to talk to people ..."

"of person that cannot come without an invitation. This is Putin, we did not invite him, he came to us, so to say. And me? I can't do that. - No, but didn't he publically say that it would be great if ..."

"- I think they had to. I mean... - Okay, alright. - ...to do some of their steps, I don't know, but... - Step... the stamp was missing. - Yeah, but with pleasure with my wife, of course, and I think i..."

"Also, probably, my parents, they are an authority for me. Beyond that, I view it more as a system. No one can control the President. Therefore, we have oligarchs who either fled or are in prison becau..."

"Culturally... I think the most important thing is to remain open and not change our direction. Because culturally aligning with Russia, it's one idea, while aligning with Europe is another. Our people..."

"This is very important and it's why we believe that we must not lose this opportunity. - I hope you find the path to peace. Thank you. - Thank you so much. - Thank you for talking to me. - Thank you f..."

"a mission all of us are passionate about. Anyway, I'll probably be doing a few more interviews in the Russian language. I do have a lingering goal of interviewing the mathematician Grigori Perelman, b..."

"All right, I got a question on how I prepare for podcasts. So this has evolved and expanded more and more over time. There are some podcasts that I prepare hundreds of hours for. In AI terms, let's sa..."

"So as I'm reading, I'm writing down my thoughts as they come up, always digging for some deeper insight about human nature. If I'm at my computer, I'll write it down in Google Doc, sometimes use Notio..."

"There is a thread that connects all of it together, somehow, if you look closely enough. For more technical guests in STEM fields, I'll read papers. A lot of papers. And also technical blog posts and ..."

"To detect the flaws and the strengths of how the guest thinks or who they are deep down. A lot of times when interviewers grill the guest, it doesn't reveal much except give a dopamine hit to the echo..."

"Productivity? Health? RSI? Good questions. Thank you, Delyan. Great question. It made me smile. So I thought I'd answer. I remember that day. There was something else about that day aside from the key..."