The Ukrainian president is being recognised for his leadership amid Russia's invasion of his nation, with TIME's award going to an event or person deemed to have had the most influence on global events over the past 12 months
NOTE: Thank you to Dr. Ryan Denison for writing today’s Daily Article. He is the Denison Forum Senior Editor for Theology and has written more than four hundred articles for the Denison Forum. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was named TIME…
Andrei Pungovschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) More than six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas throughout eastern and southern Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose forces began an offensive in August, has vowed to take back all Russian-occupied territory. But Putin in September announced a mobilization of reservists, which is expected to call up as many as 300,000 additional troops. Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern: Dec 09, 12:10 PM EST US, Russian diplomats meet in Istanbul A senior U.S. official met with a Russian delegation in Istanbul on Friday to discuss "a narrow set of bilateral issues," according to a spokesperson from the State Department. Citing a hesitancy to discuss "private diplomatic discussions," the spokesperson declined to provide additional detail, but other sources say the