Full interview with Piers Morgan / Zelensky on Putin’s goals, the war’s hot phase, nuclear threats, and Kyiv’s terms for talks

"Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky gave a high-profile interview to British journalist Piers Morgan, host of the talk show Uncensored.
In this 90-minute conversation, Zelensky:
Provided figures on Russia’s and Ukraine’s current war losses;
Stated readiness for peace talks in a four-party format (Ukraine, the U.S., the EU, and Russia, including dictator Vladimir Putin) if that is the only path to peace;
Said Ukraine cannot “sacrifice millions of our people” to reclaim territories militarily at this moment but will never recognize occupied lands as Russian and will take them back over time;

Guaranteed that elections will be scheduled and held once martial law ends, noting that holding them now is impossible due to the inability of Ukrainian soldiers, people in occupied territories, and temporarily displaced citizens to vote;
Claimed Russia seeks to install a “puppet leader” in Ukraine after fully destroying the country, as it did in Chechnya and Georgia;
Raised concerns about Ukraine’s security if NATO accession is delayed “for years or decades through no fault of our own,” questioning what would protect Ukraine in the meantime and rhetorically asking whether the West would provide nuclear weapons instead;
Delivered a sharp response to Tucker Carlson and Russian propaganda claims that he is a “dictator” for not holding elections and allegedly suppressing religious freedom in Ukraine, saying: “People need to stop working for Putin and kissing his ass, to be honest,” referring to Carlson." NV