Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska on Russia's war, educating Ukraine's children and her country's future - 60 Minutes - CBS News

Ukraine's first lady, Olena Zelenska, called it terrorism when she was told about the bombing of two schools, a library, a hospital and a soccer stadium in the city of Chernihiv.

"[The Russians] try to frighten people to make them run, to have towns and villages empty so they can occupy these territories," Zelenska told correspondent Scott Pelley for this week's 60 Minutes.

"Someone is at the front, someone went abroad to save their children, someone is under [Russian] occupation," Zelenska said through an interpreter.

Hundreds of children are dead.".

When 60 Minutes spoke to her husband in early April, Zelenskyy said his wife and children were in hiding.

In May, she showed American First Lady Jill Biden the war's newly homeless in western Ukraine.

I feel as if this is my pain," Zelenska told Pelley.

"How are you educating the children of Ukraine today?" Pelley asked.

"Around 3,500 schools will operate online only, because schools cannot receive students and because their parents are afraid to send their children to school," Zelenska told 60 Minutes.

"[Ukraine's] children went to school this year… and the first thing they learn [is] where the bomb shelter is, how to get there and what to do in case a missile strikes.

I truly hope [our people] will endure," Zelenska told Pelley.

"That is not negotiable in the view of your government," Pelley said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday announced that Russia was moving to annex occupied territories of Ukraine despite strong international condemnation.

During their interview, Pelley showed Zelenska pictures of support for Ukraine from the United States.

"Dear Hector," Zelenska said, "I remember it, I took your letter with me to Ukraine.

They don't count their [dead]," Zelenska said