Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy strongly criticized former President Donald Trump's recent comments regarding the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. In an exclusive interview set to air on Sunday morning on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," Zelenskyy addressed Trump's characterization of the conflict as akin to "two young people fighting like crazy."

Zelenskyy firmly rejected this analogy, stating, "We are not kids with Putin at the playground in the park. He is a murderer who came to this park to kill the kids." His remarks came in response to a question from co-anchor Martha Raddatz about whether Trump understands the suffering in Ukraine.

The Ukrainian leader shared a poignant story about a father who lost his wife and three children in a missile strike. Zelenskyy recounted the man's words, which conveyed a deep sense of loss. "Every morning when I wake up, I'm just looking for my family -- I'm looking everywhere in the flat ... I still feel that it was a nightmare … a bad dream," the father told Zelenskyy.

Zelenskyy emphasized that this personal grief is different from the statistics often cited by officials. He noted, "He wasn't mentioning any statistics or figures and numbers of strikes." The president expressed that Trump, and others who are far removed from the conflict, "could not feel fully and understand this pain."

He added, "And it's not about President Trump, it's about any person who is not here in the country, who is some thousands of miles away -- [they] cannot feel fully and understand this pain."

In the interview, Zelenskyy also highlighted the tragic toll of the war on children, revealing that 631 Ukrainian children have died due to the conflict. He pointed out that Russia frequently targets civilians in its military operations.

Recent estimates from the Center for Strategic and International Studies indicate that between 60,000 and 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have lost their lives in the war, while Russian troop casualties may be as high as 250,000. Zelenskyy's comments underscore the profound human cost of the ongoing conflict.