President Zelensky’s wife celebrated the “courage” of all women who fight and resist on Ukrainian territory
In an Instagram post, Olena Zelenskawife of the president Volodymyr Zelenskyhe wanted to celebrate the courage of women who are fighting for Ukraine, messages of courage to celebrate Women’s Day. The First Lady thus proclaimed all her admiration for “those who fight in the armed ranks, who have enlisted in the defense, those who care for, save and feed their compatriots”.
Between these everyday heroines, he showed his respect for “those who continue to do their jobs – in pharmacies, shops, transport and public services, so that life continues”. Finally, she paid a final tribute to “those who, without panicking, they bring their children to daycare every daywhere they entertain themselves with games and cartoons so that children do not suffer from war, ea who gives birth under the bombs“. A poignant text accompanied by a series of portraits of women in the field.
If it has become “theobjective number 2 ”of the Russian special forcesHowever, as her husband Volodymyr Zelensky said on February 24, the First Lady ended her post on a hopeful note. “The sun is already visible through the smoke from the bombings. Everything will be spring, everything will be victory, everything will be Ukraine! ” we can read in his message.
“Today I will not panic or cry,” he wrote in another Instagram post, published on Thursday, February 24. “I will be calm and confident.” Before adding: “My children are looking at me. I will stay by their side. And with my husband. And with the Ukrainian people“. Ten days later, she speaks through the same network again, with words that resonate, louder. “How many children have yet to die? ” He despairs, subtitled a series of photos of children who have died since the start of the fighting. In the first, in black and white, is Polina, from Kiev. “She died during the bombing in the streets of the capital, with her parents and her brother. Her sister is in serious condition ”, the Ukrainian first lady sadly shares. Then she continues with the photos of Alice, Arsène, Sophie …
Olena Zelenska stated from the beginning that she would remain in Kiev, despite the danger that loomed over her in the capital. She would be kept in hiding after the presidential couple were threatened with murder.
True pillar of the head of state, Olena Zelenska has continued, over the years, to show him his unwavering support. And this, long before her husband took over the leadership of the country. Born on February 6, 1978 to Kryvyi Rih, this 44-year-old former screenwriter wrote comedy sketches for Volodymyr Zelensky when he was an actor. Before she became her image consultant, in 2019, after her rise to power. Their love story, however, was by no means a foregone conclusion.
When Volodymyr Zelensky met Olena Kiyashko – her maiden name – both were students of the Faculty of Civil Engineering Kryvyi Rih University. But the young woman she was already engaged with another one. For eight years, Zelensky has courted her, and her efforts will be crowned with success. Olena Kiyasho left her boyfriend and stopped studying architecture to follow him in the studios of the production house Kvartal 95. The couple married on September 6, 2003. They gave birth two sons: Oleksandra, in 2004, and Kyrylo, in 2013.
In 2019 Volodymyr Zelensky was elected president of Ukraine. Since then, the first lady has not been inactive. It was she who found Volodymyr Zelensky, more comfortable with Russian, her current Ukrainian teacher. Again she, who tells him how to dress during her dates. And she always, what he reads his speeches and corrects them.
She, who hoped to “stay in the shadows” is now in the spotlight. A reputation that you intend to take advantage of. “As soon as I became first lady of Ukraine, I realized the role I could play in supporting the humanitarian and social causes that had already inspired me throughout my career,” she said in the columns of The Diplomatic Courrier in September 2021. for gender equality, accessibility to culture and the fight against obesity, it has just ventured into the field of diplomacy. And she could once again prove to be a valuable asset to her husband.
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