Poroshenko: "My question is: Everybody knows everything about me. My question is about the future. What sort of future will we have if you're asking questions that imply the president should be a butcher and a judge? Where do you see Ukraine in five years?"
Zelenskiy: "I'm not at the prosecutor's office, but you will probably face one in the future."
"Ukraine has chosen a European path, and Ukrainians have paid a high price."
"Neither of us is a prophet. Ukraine has chosen its path and moving toward Europe. Where I see Ukraine.... I'm only running for five years, and there will be another president, but I'll make sure that none of your clique is there."
Zelenskiy says that "all thieves and oligarchs...will be behind bars -- if they commit a crime, and that's up to judges to decide. You said I'm [Ihor] Kolomoisky's partner...all TV channels in Ukraine belong to oligarchs. All I'm saying is that the president cannot be an oligarch. He must be the servant of the Ukrainian people."
Zelenskiy: "I'd rather be a cat in a bag (an unknown quantity) than a sheep in wolf's clothing. Another question from the people: Why are your opponents all in jail? Because they are a threat to you?"
Poroshenko: "I can answer this.... All of this is a lie."
"I'm not a butcher and I'm not a judge. The president's role is to create an environment for an independent judiciary, I'm not the one who is supposed to catch thieves and cut off their hands. None of my friends, I can swear, will ever have special treatment before the law. If convicted they will no longer be my friends, and they will end up jail. These are democratic principles. Now I ask Mr. Zelenskiy: When your business partner, who has robbed Ukraine...of $30 billion and has siphoned $2 billion from the bank, and who has paid you in person from that revenue, why haven't his hands been cut off?"
"Isn't it strange that oligarchs in the diaspora are already raising their heads before the election results are known? If you win, will you begin cutting off arms?"