Zelensky urges Biden to send strong message on Russia and says: 'I'm not iconic. Ukraine is iconic'

Exclusive: Zelensky urges Biden to send a strong message on Russia at the State of the Union and tells CNN: 'I'm not iconic. Ukraine is iconic.'

Kyiv, Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged US counterpart Joe Biden to give a strong and"useful" message about Russia's invasion of Ukraine at his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, in an exclusive interview with CNN and Reuters from the bunker in Kyiv in which he is leading his military's response.

"It's very serious ... I'm not in a movie," Zelensky, a former comedy actor, told CNN."I'm not iconic, I think Ukraine is iconic ... Ukraine is the heart of Europe, and now I think Europe sees Ukraine is something special for this world. That's why [the] world can't lose this something special.

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