For example, he told NATO officials they would bear responsibility for civilian deaths if they didn’t enforce a no-fly Zone over Ukraine. The Ukraine president’s words have projected a mixture of defiance and an escalating desperation, and he seems unafraid of alienating those whose help he might need. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin has appeared detached and distant, speaking to aides via videoconference or the end of an almost absurdly elongated table, with speeches that Polsky says display a self-created sense of history. Zelenskyy’s insistence on staying, along with his wife and children, was a turning point, says Orysia Lutsevych, a research fellow and manager of the Ukraine Forum in the Russia and Eurasia Program at Chatham House, a London-based think tank. “Our soldiers are here, the citizens of our country are all here protecting our independence, and we are going to continue to do so. Shortly after Russia invaded, he was seen in what appeared to be mobile phone video from a darkened street in Kyiv, four grim-faced colleagues standing behind him. Some of Zelenskyy’s appearances seem designed to deliver that simple assurance.
first lady Jill Biden said that “I just have to turn on the TV every morning and pray that Zelenskyy is still alive.”
Speaking the other day at a San Francisco fundraiser, U.S.
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