Clashed for the second day running in central paris. The unrest was caused by a deadly shooting on friday at a kurdish cultural centre. Those are the headlines on bbc news. Now on bbc news, zelensky The Making Of A president. For weeks, Volodomyr Zelensky has been leading from the front as ukraine resists russias invasion. Explosion comforting the war s many victims, berating ukraines enemies. Sobs. And demanding more from her allies. A war that was supposed to last days has now lasted months. Russias advance has stalled, and in places it has been pushed back. Applause president zelensky is now lauded as the man of this moment. I think your leadership has been extraordinary. But it wasnt always like this. Before the russian attack, questions were being asked as to whether zelensky, a former comedian, really had what it takes to lead ukraine. In 2019, i was very sad, it was like a tragedy knowing that zelensky could become president of ukraine. I wouldnt say he had policies, he had dire
to the pope emeritus benedict xvi, whose body is lying in state at the vatican. pope francis will preside at benedict s funeral on thursday. iam i am away shortly, thank you for your company, ben brown will be here at the top of the next hour. now on bbc news, he has been the man making the headlines all year. zelensky: the making of a president. for weeks, volodomyr zelensky has been leading from the front, as ukraine resists russia s invasion. explosion comforting the war s many victims, berating ukraine s enemies. sobs ..and demanding more from her allies. a war that was supposed to last days has now lasted months. russia s advance has stalled and, in places, it has been pushed back. applause president zelensky is now lauded as the man of this moment. i think your leadership has been extraordinary. but it wasn t always like this. before the russian attack, questions were being asked as to whether zelensky, a former comedian, really had what it takes to lead ukraine. in 201
clashed for the second day running in central paris. the unrest was caused by a deadly shooting on friday at a kurdish cultural centre. those are the headlines on bbc news. now on bbc news, zelensky: the making of a president. for weeks, volodomyr zelensky has been leading from the front as ukraine resists russia s invasion. explosion comforting the war s many victims, berating ukraine s enemies. sobs ..and demanding more from her allies. a war that was supposed to last days has now lasted months. russia s advance has stalled, and in places it has been pushed back. applause president zelensky is now lauded as the man of this moment. i think your leadership has been extraordinary. but it wasn t always like this. before the russian attack, questions were being asked as to whether zelensky, a former comedian, really had what it takes to lead ukraine. in 2019, i was very sad, it was like a tragedy knowing that zelensky could become president of ukraine. i wouldn t say he had poli
with russia s president. i remember even in our first meetings saying, i understand you want peace, but putin doesn t want peace . this is what he wants to do, he is attacking ukraine on purpose. it s not for lack of some formula, he s doing it because he is trying to weaken ukraine. i think he was initially sceptical of that, but i think as he tried to talk with putin, he tried to do a couple of prisoner exchanges, i think he came to the view that actually, putin is fighting a war that he wants to fight. later that year, 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 endpoint for zelensky s attempts to strike a deal. until this war broke out,
because poroshenko is corrupted, and corruption is. .. ..war creates very profitable conditions for corruption, so to say. he didn t really see the real cause of the problem is not poroshenko but putin. there were some early signs that this new approach might bearfruit. a prisoner exchange took place, with zelensky on hand at the airport to welcome the captives home. we have to do all the steps to finish this horrible war. do you think this is a new chapter in relations between russia and ukraine? i think this is the first chapter. kurt volker was an american envoy to ukraine, and i travelled with him to the conflict zone in 2018. he says that in zelensky s first few months in power, he believed he could do a deal with russia s president. i remember even ourfirst meetings saying i understand you want peace, but putin doesn t want peace . this is what he wants to do, he is attacking