When the comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy ran for the Ukrainian presidency in 2019 he was treated as a joke. Now, as Luke Harding reports from Lviv, he personifies the defiance and dignity of Ukraine’s embattled populationOn Saturday morning, Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s latest video popped up on social media feeds around the world. “Good morning everybody! Ukrainians: there’s a lot of fake information online that I called on our army to lay down arms, and that there’s an evacuation,” he said. “I’m here. We won’t lay down our arms. We will defend our state, our territory, our Ukraine, our children. That’s all I have to say. Glory to Ukraine!”As Luke Harding tells Michael Safi, the transformation of Zelenskiy from a comic actor to Ukraine’s president was a barely believable tale in itself but now, in the face of one of the world’s largest armies bearing down on his capital, he has become an embodiment of the resilience and character his population are showing. Continue reading…
When the comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy ran for the Ukrainian presidency in 2019 he was treated as a joke. Now, as Luke Harding reports from Lviv, he personifies the defiance and dignity of Ukraine’s embattled population
On Saturday morning, Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s latest video popped up on social media feeds around the world. “Good morning everybody! Ukrainians: there’s a lot of fake information online that I called on our army to lay down arms, and that there’s an evacuation,” he said. “I’m here. We won’t lay down our arms. We will defend our state, our territory, our Ukraine, our children. That’s all I have to say. Glory to Ukraine!”
As Luke Harding tells Michael Safi, the transformation of Zelenskiy from a comic actor to Ukraine’s president was a barely believable tale in itself but now, in the face of one of the world’s largest armies bearing down on his capital, he has become an embodiment of the resilience and character his population are showing.