\"Zelenskyy frowned and became more formal than before in the interview\", the publication\'s journalists wrote about the president\'s reaction on the issue of mobilization.

Zelenskyy told the story of a Ukrainian woman he met in Portugal the day before, who told him how her husband died at the front and asked him \"what will happen now that so few patriotic volunteers are left from the first days of the war?\"

\"I told her frankly: \"We must do everything we can to end the war as soon as possible. And I\'m so sorry you lost your husband. He\'s a hero, and he\'s definitely a hero not just for you, but for all of us. But we can\'t say that only the patriots were patriots first. Because if there are no more patriots on the front line, then why Putin has not yet occupied us and not finally equalized us?\", — said the president.

He acknowledged that \"after two and a half years of war, of course, it\'s a slightly different energy\", and said he understands those men who don\'t want to fight, but frankly, for those who are already fighting, mobilization is necessary.

\"Sometimes there are cases you mentioned. Some people don\'t want to participate in the war. Some people are afraid. And I think they\'re human. We\'re all human beings. But you can\'t say that everybody\'s running now and they didn\'t run before. No, it\'s not like that\", he said.