Alain Delon dialogues with Volodymyr Zelensky and helps the Ukrainian folks

Alain Delon wished to publicly assist the Ukrainian folks and President Volodymyr Zelensky in an unique interview broadcast Friday, September 23 on TV5 Monde. This dialogue between the French actor and the Ukrainian head of state “pre-recorded a couple of days in the past” remotely, between kyiv and Paris, got here to conclude a program of the general public channel introduced by the journalist Cyril Viguier, round Volodymyr Zelensky.

What is going on in Ukraine has “deeply saddened” the French star who will have a good time his 87th birthday on November 8. “I endure for you“, declared in entrance of Zelensky the actor, visibly revolted and really touched by the tragedy which this nation lives because the Russian invasion in February.I might be 50 years youthful, I might enlist within the Ukrainian military.“

Volodymyr Zelensky, who’s a former actor, is an admirer of Alain Delon. The French actor additionally enjoys a powerful popularity in Ukraine and is taken into account there as an envoy of French tradition.

“We regularly stated we have been brothers in arms, as a result of we each began out as actors“, first launched Alain Delon, including, tongue-in-cheek and as an apart: “He had a greater finish to his profession than mine: he’s president, I’m nothing in any respect.” “I’ve by no means been such an important actor as you.” and answered Volodymyr Zelensky. “We love you very a lot and for me you might be at all times an authority and an enormous participant“.

The Ukrainian president has repeatedly insisted on the significance of this explicit assist and that of French society on the whole. “It is the least I can do, since you do not deserve the whole lot you are going by and the whole lot that Ukraine and your individuals are going by.” stated Alain Delon.

“You have got performed nothing to impress this battle. There are issues that I don’t perceive and this battle, I don’t settle for it. After I see these folks dying, these kids dying, these animals dying , it disgusts me.” However, the actor identified, “It’s the dream of a single man and never that of a rustic or a nation”.

“He (Vladimir Putin, by no means talked about by identify, Editor’s notice) thinks we’re a part of his world“, and relieved Zelensky”.Possibly he longs for the return of the Soviet Union (…) and all those that forestall him on this path are cannon fodder. He is aware of full nicely how many individuals perish each day however it’s a part of his plan. It’s a colonialist strategy.“

The 2 males ended their assembly with an invite to return to kyiv, from President Zelensky to Alain Delon. “I’ll come, when I’ve much less canes and I can stroll usually, I’ll come. It is not lengthy as a result of it deserves the journey and I am not afraid.” “We shall be ready for you, it was an important honor to fulfill you“, concluded Volodymyr Zelensky.