Ukrainian President Admits Probability of ‘Full-Scale War’ With Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a joint news conference at the Mariinsky palace in Kyiv on Aug. 22, 2021. Sergey Dolzhenko/AFP via Getty Images

An all-out war between Ukraine and Russia has not been ruled out amid increased tensions between the two nations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday.

Answering a question at the Yalta European Strategy (YES) forum on the possibility of full-scale war with Russia, Zelensky replied “yes, that could happen. That’s true.”