zelensky s political party is called servant of the people, just like the tv show, and 0lena shuliak is the head of it. when she first entered politics, she tells me she hastily watched the series for research purposes. are there many similarities between the real president zelensky and the tv president?
you could see him everywhere. the first chapters of the zelensky story are far fetched a comedian and tv president leading a country at war. russia s size and might mean the odds are still stacked against ukraine, but given what has happened to volodymyr zelensky so far, anything is possible.
president trump kept the meeting going in front of the cameras, for about 45 minutes or so, so very difficult to have a serious conversation between two leaders of countries when you are doing so much of it in front of the media. i think zelensky handled it well, and i think wasjust saying, 0k, we ve got to get through this period and then let s see if we can resume a normal relationship again . air raid siren wails then, on 24th february, everything changed with the start of the russian invasion. a man who had turned to politics just three years before was now facing down the world s second most powerful army.
hanna, please, let s trust god, because i trust god that he has a special purpose for ukraine in 21st century, so let s see. in his speech to parliament, immediately after having been sworn in, zelensky focused on what had been his number one election promise to end the war with russian backed forces in eastern ukraine. he basically believed and i believe, he really believed that that the war was going on because of poroshenko, because poroshenko doesn t want to finish the war,
that he wanted to go in, but how to do that, i think he was really trying to learn on the job. hi, jonah, nice to meet you. i first met volodymyr zelensky in january of 2019. he was just a comedian and an actor, a jokey, fun guy, a celebrity, of course, and a real star here in ukraine. it was the start of his political journey and, for me, as the bbc s correspondent here in ukraine, a fascinating time. i ve had a front row seat as zelensky has gone from a political novice to leading ukraine s fight for survival against russia. happy birthday. thank you. do you know we are almost the same age? i am about to be 41 as well, unfortunately i am not running for president.