'Emotional' Ukraine president urges Putin to free sailors Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky makes an "emotional" plea to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to free 24 sailors captured last November near Crimea. "I want to appeal to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin," the recently elected Zelensky told journalists during a briefing.\\n"We all have children. Return children to their parents," he said.\\nZelensky also denounces the decision this week by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to readmit Russia to the Strasbourg-based group. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES of Volodymyr Zelensky