Pretty great way to spend my birthday. Thank you @yes_ukraine I got to see Budanov smile twice. And Ze had one relaxed moment in what was an intense speech and discussion when he answer a (perhaps rather silly) question about the war changing him “maybe something changed”. #LetUkraineStrikeBack

He asked Zelenskyy the same thing in the English-language interview (posted by his office today) but he quickly redirected away from himself. It was a much different tone than the on-stage discussion.

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