Zelenskyy said his 9-year-old son knows the names of all of the military weapons being used in the war with Russia

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his son knows the names of the weapons being used in the war against Russia.
• "Putin stole childhood from our children," Zelenskyy told David Letterman.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told David Letterman that his nine-year-old son knows the names of the military weapons being used in Russian President Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine.

"We have no need to explain anything about victory to our children," Zelenskyy told Letterman when asked how he speaks to his family, namely his kids, about the war and the possibility of victory.

"Trust me, they know much more about the war than we do. I'm telling you this very frankly now," Zelenskyy explained during a Netflix special of Letterman's show "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction."

"My son is nine years old. He knows the names of all the weapons. And he didn't learn them from me," Zelenskyy told Letterman.

Zelenskyy said that the children of Ukraine are "deeply immersed in the war."

He acknowledged that sometimes, he thinks it's easier for him to parent through the war than it is for other families because he rarely gets to see his children. When he does see them, he said, "they're happy regardless of what I tell them."

"Sometimes it seems that it does not matter what exactly I tell them," Zelenskyy admitted, explaining how he tries to keep meetings with his kids as "warm moments."

"Putin stole childhood from our children," Zelenskyy told Letterman. While that is true, he said, "each of us should make sacrifices for the sake of our country. Our children sacrificed their childhood."

Zelenskyy and Letterman sat down for an interview in October underneath the city of Kyiv in an active subway station as it was the "safest part of the city." It had been nine months since Russia first invaded Ukraine.

The pair discussed the lengthy war, Ukraine's chances at victory, Putin and the Kremlin, and Zelenskyy's former career as a comedian.