Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky assumed the role of translator on Thursday, angered by his failure to translate his entire comments into English at a major press conference.
Zelensky, who prefers to speak Ukrainian publicly, acted after the translator cut his words short during a conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Zelensky turned to the translator, saying clearly, "And I said about the window of possibilities, I said that it cannot be resolved (the crisis) because ... every day we see guns and shootings from the Russian side."
"And I said Slava Yukrinyi (Glory to Ukraine)," the translator quickly replied, "Glory to Ukraine." Then Zelensky said with apparent anger: "Thank you very much. It is important."