[22][23][24] His grandfather, Semyon (Simon) Ivanovych Zelenskyy, served as an infantryman, reaching the rank of colonel in the Red Army (in the 57th Guards Motor Rifle Division) during World War II;[25][26] Semyon's father and three brothers were killed in the Holocaust. Zelensky has said he has relatives who moved to Israel in the 1990s, during the wave of Jewish emigration from the newly dissolved Soviet Union. Volodymyr Zelensky, a man thrust into the deadly centre of the biggest European war for almost 80 years, might currently be the most admired figure in the world, thanks in part to his ease with . [109] Former deputy foreign minister Olena Zerkal declined an appointment as deputy head of the presidential administration, but did agree to serve as the Ukrainian representative of the international courts concerning Russia. In the early hours of 24 February, shortly before the start of the Russian invasion, Zelenskyy recorded an address to the citizens of both Ukraine and Russia. Israeli Orthodox Jew raises hundreds of thousands of dollars for victims of settler riot, This Purim, a space for queer Jews to celebrate their identities and dance the night away. 2023 jewish telegraphic agency all rights reserved. Presidency. [165] Zelenskyy and U.S. president Joe Biden disagreed on how imminent the threat was. The recent invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces and the bullish will of president Vladimir Putin is nothing short of despicable, with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the leader of Ukraine putting up a valiant fight in the face of such evil. He won the 2019 presidential election with a landslide 73 per cent of the vote, beating Petro Poroshenko. Zelenskys father, Oleksander, is a mathematician who heads a university computer science department; his mother Rimma was an engineer for many years. As Ukrainian president, he has visited just once, for the Holocaust commemoration shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic began. One suggestion that appears to have gained steam is Jeremy Renner, who has acted in war films and bears a resemblance to Zelensky. [88], In addition, on 6 June, lawmakers refused to include Zelenskyy's key initiative on reintroducing criminal liability for illegal enrichment in the parliament's agenda, and instead included a similar bill proposed by a group of deputies. ", Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters. Many British film fans are realising this week that Volodymyr Zelensky, was the voice of Paddington Bear when the title was released in his home country. ", " ", "Ukraine bans 38 Russian 'hate' books amid culture war", " - "", " , ", "Volodymyr Zelensky in major lead in Ukraine presidential election runoff: Biography, quotes", Pandora Papers Reveal Offshore Holdings of Ukrainian President and his Inner Circle, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, "Revealed: 'anti-oligarch' Ukrainian president's offshore connections", "Lawyer Zelenskyy has registered a new political party "Servant of the people", "The boundary of a joke. 2021 Associated Newspapers Limited. [225], In April 2022, Zelenskyy criticized Germany's ties with Russia. Just like people in Ukraine. [14][15][16][17], Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy was born to Jewish parents on 25 January 1978 in Kryvyi Rih, then in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Picture: PA It emerged today Ukrainian President Volodymyr. [266][267] As he considered the leaders of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic (DPR and LPR) to be Russia's "puppets", it would "make no sense to speak with them". 18 Volodymyr. [75] In the second round, on 21 April 2019, he received 73 per cent of the vote to Poroshenko's 25 per cent, and was elected President of Ukraine. He was the voice of the Ukrainian version of Paddington. Celebration for Zelensky's light-footedness came just days after British actor Hugh Bonneville, one of the stars of the "Paddington" franchise, made the revelation that the 44-year-old was . He is a phenomenon proving to be every bit of an obstacle to Vladimir Putin as the Ukrainian troops fighting on the frontline. [182], Zelenskyy has gained worldwide recognition as the wartime leader of Ukraine during the Russian invasion; historian Andrew Roberts compared him to Winston Churchill. 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[106] Under the rules of Lustration in Ukraine, introduced in 2014 following Euromaidan, Bohdan is not entitled to hold any state office until 2024 (because of his government post during the Second Azarov Government). Biden and Zelensky visit Kyiv memorial as air . [105], Zelenskyy appointed Andriy Bohdan as head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. For the surname, see, First phase: Invasion of Ukraine (24 February 7 April), Second phase: South-Eastern front (8 April 5 September), Third phase: Counteroffensives and annexations (6 September present), Zelenskyy's name lacks an established Latin-alphabet spelling, and it has been romanized in various ways: for example. The comedy series Svaty ("In-laws"), in which Zelenskyy appeared, was banned in Ukraine in 2017,[44] but unbanned in March 2019. He is the son of Oleksandr Zelensky and Rymma Zelenska. Now he's standing up to Putin's army", ": , , , , ", " ()", "How funny is the comedian who may be Ukraine's next president? Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has had one of the most unusual career paths of any politician today, with a rise to power that feels more suited to a Black Mirror storyline than reality. And shortly after taking office, he posted a picture of himself eating a shawarma sandwich, writing, When you have a busy schedule, shawarma can be the solution. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a124030ee7f6c9c And in Mr Zelensky he has found an enemy much more adept at winning the war of words. Zelenskyy said: "We support Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and sovereignty just as Azerbaijan always supports our territorial integrity and sovereignty. Nausda wyrni ukraiskiego odpowiednika", "Prezydent Ukrainy W. Zeeski odznaczony Nagrod Ora Jana Karskiego", "UK's Johnson gives Churchill award to Ukraine's Zelenskyy", "Zelenskyy wins Ronald Reagan Freedom Award", "Zelenskyy gets John F. Kennedy award for defending democracy", "Ausichicrinites zelenskyyi gen. et sp. But as someone who has long been in the public eye, and not always in politics, Zelensky has left more to know than that. Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy[a] (also transliterated as Zelensky or Zelenskiy;[b] born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former comedian and actor who has served as the sixth and current president of Ukraine since 2019. [96], In 2020, Zelenskyy's party proposed reforms to Ukraine's media laws with the intent to increase competition and loosen the dominance of Ukrainian oligarchs on television and radio broadcasters. In honor of this. [50][51] Although Zelenskyy denied any immediate plans to enter politics and said he had registered the party name only to prevent it being appropriated by others,[52] there was widespread speculation that he was planning to run. He won a . [241] Following Putin's announcement of Russia annexing four regions of Ukrainian territory it had seized during its invasion, Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine would not hold peace talks with Russia while Putin was president. One of their standbys: the Jewish classic Hava Nagila., Who among us has not played "Hava Nagila" on a piano with their genitals on stage and then gone on to lead their country against a foreign invasion? We are defending Ukraine. His grandfather and his grandfathers brothers took up arms against the Nazis in the Red Army; his grandfather was the only one to survive. Speaking for myself, thank you, President Zelensky.. [129], In December 2019, Russia and Ukraine agreed to resume talks mediated by France and Germany under the so-called Normandy Format, which had been abandoned in 2016; it was Zelenskyy's first face-to-face meeting with Vladimir Putin. Zelenskyy met personally with some of these groups and tried to convince them to surrender their unregistered weapons and accept the peace accord. [18][19][20][21] His father, Oleksandr Zelenskyy, is a professor and computer scientist and the head of the Department of Cybernetics and Computing Hardware at the Kryvyi Rih State University of Economics and Technology; his mother, Rymma Zelenska, used to work as an engineer. [119] Honchurak's hasty departure caused disquiet both in Ukraine and abroad, with many economists and political observers warning it would bring instability. [198] Zelenskyy's Servant of the People party said that Ukraine would not give up its claims on Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk. Ive always thought he is a person who has a profound sense of right and wrong, a senior adviser to Zelensky told the Washington Post on the condition of anonymity in recent days. The discussions exploded on social media on Sunday, when Black List founder Franklin Leonard, tweeted that Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine's president and the man now seen around the globe for boldness on the stand for Ukraine's sovereignty had voiced the cartoon characters Paddington Bear in the Ukrainian version of the film. Regular, normal people. How Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian-turned-leader, stepped up to the role he was born to play Refusing to leave Kyiv, the 44-year-old has emerged as the figurehead of Ukraine's resistance [135] The same day, internet news site Obozrevatel.com released information that on 7 January 2020, Ukrainian politician of the Opposition Platform For Life Viktor Medvedchuk who has exclusive relations with the current president of Russia may have arrived in Oman. 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[132] In July 2020, Zelenskyy announced a formal ceasefire with the separatists the more than twentieth such attempt since the war began in 2014. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced Paddington Bear. Zelenskiy, centre, in Servant of the People. He told the network: "I am not a professional soldier at all, but I can try and I can do my best and I will do it if Russian forces enter Kyiv. Zelenskys pre-presidency Instagram account reflects his passions from before he was responsible for representing Ukraine on the world stage. Andriy Biletsky, the leader of the far-right National Corps and first commander of Azov, accused Zelenskyy of being disrespectful to army veterans and of acting on behalf of the Kremlin by leaving Ukrainians vulnerable to Russian aggression. [84] Zelenskyy is the first Jewish president; with Volodymyr Groysman as prime minister, Ukraine became the first country other than Israel to simultaneously have a Jewish head of state and head of government. [270], Zelenskyy opposes the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, calling it "a dangerous weapon, not only for Ukraine but for the whole of Europe. He frequently posted workout selfies, which continued at a less frequent pace after he became president. pic.twitter.com/BDfSQ4VJM0, Paddington actor Hugh Bonneville, who stars as Henry Brown, shared a tweet on Sunday, which read: "Until today I had no idea who provided the voice of @paddington in Ukraine. It was a popular move and a report in the Kyiv Post in July 2018 suggested Ukrainians were happy to see new faces in politics after the corrupt, pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych who was deposed in 2014. Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan are reviving it. [256] Two days before the second round, Zelenskyy stated that he wanted to build "a strong, powerful, free Ukraine, which is not the younger sister of Russia, which is not a corrupt partner of Europe, but our independent Ukraine". One piece of his comedy teams shtick was to pound the keys with their pants at their ankles and their hands in the air leaving little room for guessing how the music was getting made. [290] British newspaper Financial Times selected Zelenskyy as Person of the Year in 2022. Along with his tribute Bonneville, 58, shared a Ukrainian language promotional trailer for Paddington 2 featuring then-actor and comedian Zelensky. [243] He also said that Putin is aware that the "world will never forgive" a Russian nuclear strike. [19] Zelenskyy also played the leading role in the 2012 film 8 First Dates and in sequels which were produced in 2015 and 2016. [19][36][37] That same year, he created and headed the Kvartal 95 team, which later transformed into the comedy outfit Kvartal 95. [174] On 25 February, Zelenskyy said that despite Russia's claim that it was targeting only military sites, civilian sites were also being hit. The Paddington books were inspired by Jewish children who took refuge in England during World War II. The tweet included a link to a video of Zelensky voicing Paddington and then speaking in Ukrainian in front of a poster of the film. Zelensky in a scene from Me You He She, which he co-directed (Photo: Kvartal 95) The transformation is dizzying for colleagues, critics, and fans who knew him as a stand up-comic fond of lewd gags . #PaddingtonBear https://t.co/5VaMi201Fs. Zelensky has said that his family remains in Ukraine but that he will not disclose their location; he told CNN on Tuesday that he had not seen them in three days. [235] In August 2022, he said China had the economic leverage to pressure Putin to end the war, adding "Im sure that without the Chinese market for the Russian Federation, Russia would be feeling complete economic isolation. 7. 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