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− | He will meet with [[Vladimir Putin]] in 2021.<ref>https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/20/europe/ukraine-zelensky-putin-meeting-intl/index.html</ref> | + | He will meet with [[Vladimir Putin]] in 2021.<ref>''[https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/20/europe/ukraine-zelensky-putin-meeting-intl/index.html "Ukraine leader's aide survives assassination attempt"]''</ref> |
− | His top | + | His top aide Serhiy Shefir survived an assassination attempt on 22 September 2021. |
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+ | [[File:Ukraine_UK.jpg|300px|left|thumb|[https://twitter.com/g_gosden/status/1488880571149438983 Talking up the threat of a Russian invasion] ]] | ||
+ | On Tuesday 1 February 2022, [[Boris Johnson]] arrived carrying a red folder (believed by some to contain the [[Trident]] launch codes) for talks with [[President Zelensky]].<ref>''[https://www.facebook.com/patrick.haseldine/posts/10225509531939405 "Trident launch codes quickly recovered"]''</ref> | ||
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Born | 25 January 1978 Kryvyi Rih | |||||||||||
Nationality | Ukrainian | |||||||||||
Alma mater | Kyiv National Economic University | |||||||||||
Religion | Ukrainian Orthodox | |||||||||||
Children | • Aleksandra Zelenskaya • Kiril Zelenskiy | |||||||||||
Spouse | Olena Zelenska | |||||||||||
Interest of | Gonzalo Lira | |||||||||||
Party | Servant of the People | |||||||||||
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Volodymyr Zelensky is the President of Ukraine. He was formerly a comedian and actor.
Contents
Career
He was elected in 2019.
He will meet with Vladimir Putin in 2021.[1]
His top aide Serhiy Shefir survived an assassination attempt on 22 September 2021.
Highlight
On Tuesday 1 February 2022, Boris Johnson arrived carrying a red folder (believed by some to contain the Trident launch codes) for talks with President Zelensky.[2]
Quotes by Volodymyr Zelensky
Page | Quote | Date | Source |
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2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | “I asked them – are you with us?” Zelensky said. “They answered that they are with us, but they don’t want to take us into the alliance. I’ve asked 27 leaders of Europe, if Ukraine will be in NATO, I’ve asked them directly — all are afraid and did not respond We were left by ourselves. Who is ready to go to war for us? Honestly, I don’t see anybody. Who is ready to give Ukraine guarantees of NATO membership? Honestly, everybody is afraid” | 24 February 2022 | Russia Today |
Azov Battalion | “In 2014, when the volunteer squads were defending the country, many of their appeals were quite radical against the Russian Federation. They were volunteers and it was their personal point of view. The Azov battalion are not volunteers, but are part of the National Guard. They are the official army of our state. Those who wanted to engage in politics - they were engaged in politics. Those who decided to be in the AFU, they became part of the AFU,” | May 2022 | |
Ukraine/Death squad | “Bret Baier: I want to have you clear something up for us. And this is these reports about the Azov battalion that is said to be a Nazi affiliated organization, operating as a militia in your country, said to be committing their own atrocities. What should Americans know about that unit, about those reports? Volodymyr Zelensky: So Azov was one of those many battalions. They are what they are. They were defending our country. [Zelensky continues to explain that these volunteer organizations were later incorporated into the military and are not a self governing structure anymore] Back in 2014 there were situations when our volunteers were encircled and some of them did violate laws, laws of Ukraine and they were actually taken to court and got prison sentences.” | 2 April 2022 | Fox News |
Appointments by Volodymyr Zelensky
Appointee | Job | Appointed | End |
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Lyudmyla Denisova | Ukraine/Ombudsman | 15 March 2018 | 31 May 2022 |
Mykhailo Fedorov | Ukraine/Minister/Digital Transformation | 29 August 2019 |
Related Quotations
Page | Quote | Author | Date |
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2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | “The bitter truth is that Washington's foreign policy establishment never actually considered Zelensky - or his predecessor Poroshenko - to be allies or partners of the United States. Overflowing with a toxic mix of ignorance, arrogance, and extreme cynicism, Washington's elites have always viewed Ukraine as a tool to "regime-change" a Russia that, after its post-Yeltsin recovery, would no longer take its direction from them. The false gods of American exceptionalism are jealous ones indeed.” | Daniel McAdams | 26 February 2022 |
Azov Battalion | “In 2014, when the volunteer squads were defending the country, many of their appeals were quite radical against the Russian Federation. They were volunteers and it was their personal point of view. The Azov battalion are not volunteers, but are part of the National Guard. They are the official army of our state. Those who wanted to engage in politics - they were engaged in politics. Those who decided to be in the AFU, they became part of the AFU,” | Volodymyr Zelensky | May 2022 |
Events Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Halifax International Security Forum/2022 | 18 November 2022 | 20 November 2022 | Canada Halifax Nova Scotia | |
Munich Security Conference/2022 | 18 February 2022 | 20 February 2022 | Germany Munich Bavaria | |
Munich Security Conference/2024 | 16 February 2024 | 18 February 2024 | Germany Munich Bavaria | Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists - in their own bubble, far from the concerns of their subjects |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2020 | 21 January 2020 | 24 January 2020 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting. |
Related Documents
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:Biden Works to Prolong Ukraine War | blog post | 7 June 2022 | Craig Murray | "Ukraine is objecting to this plan (for Turkey to clear sea lanes of mines and to police the ships carrying grain) because it objects to the removal of the mines, which I should be clear were put down in the sea lanes by Ukraine to prevent amphibious attack on Odessa." |
Document:BlackRock Plots to Buy Ukraine | Article | 30 December 2022 | Bradley Devlin | As a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, BlackRock the most influential financial institution in the world, plans to cash in on the destruction of that country. |
Document:Faced with Donbass defeat, US and UK up the ante in Ukraine | Article | 8 June 2022 | Chris Nineham | Ivan Katchanovski, a Ukrainian professor of political studies at the University of Ottawa, argues: “The US and UK governments show no efforts or desire to achieve peaceful settlement of the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine.” |
Document:How Spin and Lies Fuel a Bloody War of Attrition in Ukraine | Article | 13 February 2023 | Medea Benjamin Nicolas J. S. Davies | President Eisenhower famously said that only an "alert and knowledgeable citizenry" can "guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. An "alert and knowledgeable citizenry" would surely then demand that our government stop fueling this war and instead support immediate peace negotiations. |
Document:The Assange Case Invalidates US Criticisms Of Russia: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix | Article | 14 April 2022 | Caitlin Johnstone | Just the fact that the US and UK are imprisoning a journalist for exposing the war crimes of a war criminal president — just that one fact by itself — completely invalidates all criticisms of Russia from Washington and its allies. |
Document:What Might A Ukraine Peace Agreement Look Like? | blog post | 13 May 2022 | Craig Murray | Currently nobody in power wants peace. It is often impossible to resolve a geographic conflict without some element that can be portrayed as endorsement of ethnic cleansing. These are the problems of peace. |
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