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
then he passed this anti oligarch law that targeted individuals, rather than changing the structure of the system, and that was perceived as unfair by many of them, and so it never really got off the ground. 0n the 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 rival, joe 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 is how he learned what international policy is, and how not to be in the trap how to diplomatically present ukraine, but not to be used for the interests of somebody. with rumours of impeachment hearings mounting, zelensky met trump in new york.
his acting skills, for once, deserted him. because of the dynamic in the united states, 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.