the vote. there we have it, fact will follow fiction. ukraine s television president is now going to become this country s real president. incredible. i think that petro poroshenko expected. to be defeated by the guy who they sought literally joking the guy who they sought literallyjoking about one year before, that was unbearable. for some, the triumph of a completely person like zelensky was impossible to comprehend. in 2019, i was very sad, it was a tragedy knowing that somebody like zelensky could become a president like ukraine, a country that faced russian ongoing aggression, so i was really afraid. having access to classified
little, too late. zelensky was too timid, then he little, too late. zelensky was too timid, then he passed i little, too late. zelensky was| too timid, then he passed the anti oligarchs law that targeted individuals rather than changing the structure of the system, and that was perceived as unfair by many of them, so it never really got off the ground. fin them, so it never really got off the ground. off the ground. on the international- off the ground. on the international stage, i off the ground. on the i international stage, zelensky had to learn fast. he found himself caught up in donald trump s attempts to use american military aid to get ukraine to investigate his rivaljoe biden. for zelensky it was important rivaljoe biden. for zelensky it was important to - rivaljoe biden. for zelensky it was important to generate more support for ukraine, and not to be a part of domestic political games. so of course lack of experience could create some problems at that time, but this i
in 2019, i was very sad, it was like a tragedy. nobody likes zelensky could become president of ukraine. i wouldn t say he had policies, he had i wouldn t say he had policies, he had directions you wanted to id he had directions you wanted to 90 in, he had directions you wanted to go in. but he had directions you wanted to go in, but have to do that, i think go in, but have to do that, i think he go in, but have to do that, i think he was really trying to learn think he was really trying to learn on think he was really trying to learn on the job. hello, nice to meet you. ifirst met hello, nice to meet you. i first met volodymyr zelensky january, 2019. he wasjust i first met volodymyr zelensky january, 2019. he was just a comedian and actor, a jokey, barn guy, a celebrity of course and a real star here in ukraine. it was a start of his politicaljourney ukraine. it was a start of his political journey and, ukraine. it was a start of his politicaljourney and, for me, as the b
with russians president. i remember even ourfirst meetings remember even our first meetings saying i understand you want this, but putin doesn t want this. this is what he wants to do, he is attacking ukraine on purpose. it is not for lack of some formula, he is doing it because he is trying to we can ukraine. i think he was initially sceptical of that but i think as he tried to talk with putin, tried to do the prisoner exchanges, i think he came to the view that actually putin is fighting a war that he wants to fight. putin is fighting a war that he wants to fight. later that year the only meeting wants to fight. later that year the only meeting between - the only meeting between zelensky and president putin took place in paris. with the leaders of france and germany acting as chaperones. but the talks were frosty and went nowhere. paris was the mk zelensky s attempts to strike a deal. endpoint for zelensky s attempts. until this
visits hospitals to see wounded soldiers. he is also visiting ukrainian families. you can get access to president zelensky. 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.