Emotional moment Ukrainian translator bursts into tears while reporting on President Zelensky’s speech for German news channel
A German interpreter has burst into tears while translating a speech by the president of Ukraine amid Russia’s brutal invasion.
The journalist, who has not been named, started crying as she read out Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s words for Welt.
She made it part-way through the press conference before her words were drowned out by tears through the microphone.
The politician had been giving an update on the precarious position Ukraine was in as Russian troops bang at the door to Kyiv overnight.
Meanwhile Vladimir Putin ordered Russian nuclear forces put on high alert over what he called ‘aggressive statements’ by NATO powers.
The German translator managed to translate the first bit of Zelenskyy’s speech, saying: ‘Russia is on the path of evil, Russia must loose its voice in the UN.’
She continued: ‘Ukraine, we definitely know…’ She stopped as she composed herself and pushed back her sobs.
She started to say ‘what we are defending’ before her voice started to crack and the mic went quiet.
The woman tried to take a deep breath and continue before simply saying ‘sorry’ to viewers.
Mr Zelenskyy had said: ‘The night was hard. The people rose to defend their state and they showed their true faces. This is terror.
‘They are going to bomb our Ukrainian cities even more. They are going to kill our children even more insidiously.
‘This is an evil that has come to our land and must be destroyed.’ He also gave updates on his talks with foreign powers.
Despite the promising press conference, the situation in Ukraine still risked boiling over as Russian troops surrounded Kyiv.