The scariest thing about Putin is that he’s sane, Zelensky tells Piers Morgan

UKRAINE’S President Zelensky has warned the scariest thing about evil Vladimir Putin is that he is sane.

He tells TalkTV’s Piers Morgan tonight: “He understands what he’s doing, and how many people he kills.”

Putin knows how many people were raped and children killed in his war on Ukraine, says Mr Zelensky.

And in a world exclusive chat with Piers, the under-siege president vows not to give in to Russia or “exchange or trade the territory of the independent state”.

Mr Zelensky says: “We will win. We already showed the whole world that he can kill us but to conquer our people is impossible.”

He also reveals he “worries a lot” about the departure of his friend Boris Johnson, and whether British support for the war effort will reduce.

But he says he hopes to co-operate “very closely” with incoming PM Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss.

Piers travelled to Kyiv for his interview with Mr Zelensky and wife Olena to be aired on TalkTV at 8pm tonight.

The savagery inflicted by Putin triggered global fears that the Russian despot is unhinged, or seriously ill.

But Zelensky says: “The scariest thing about it is that he is in fact sane, and he understands what he’s doing.

“He knows how many people he kills. He knows how many people were raped, and by who, and the number of children killed or deported.

“Therefore, I only understand one thing: the world allowed this to develop, it allowed such a person to emerge, with that ideology and attitude towards people.

“This result, this mistake, is the responsibility of the whole world.”

Olena adds: “It’s not possible to understand how one crooked idea can throw mankind into the medieval ages.

"Normal words don’t exist to describe this.”

She says the invasion has brought the couple closer together, adding: “Marriage gets stronger with challenges.

“We have become more interested in each other.”