10 reactions to Japan’s Shinzo Abe assassination: Biden ‘stunned,’ Trump calls it ‘bad news for the world’

By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Friday, July 08, 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Kyiv on March 3, 2022. - Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the West on March 3, 2022, to increase military aid to Ukraine, saying Russia would advance on the rest of Europe otherwise. 'If you do not have the power to close the skies, then give me planes!' Zelensky said at a press conference. 'If we are no more then, God forbid, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia will be next,' he said, adding: 'Believe me.' — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Kyiv on March 3, 2022. - Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the West on March 3, 2022, to increase military aid to Ukraine, saying Russia would advance on the rest of Europe otherwise. "If you do not have the power to close the skies, then give me planes!" Zelensky said at a press conference. "If we are no more then, God forbid, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia will be next," he said, adding: "Believe me." | SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is currently defending his country during the Russian invasion, said there is no excuse for Abe's assassination.

"Horrible news of a brutal assassination of former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe," he tweeted. "I am extending my deepest condolences to his family and the people of Japan at this difficult time."

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