Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Was Once a Rom-Com Star

Last week, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, was christened a war hero when he vowed to stay in his country’s capital of Kyiv and help fend off Vladimir Putin’s troops. “I am here. We will not lay down any weapons. We will defend our state, because our weapons are our truth,” said Zelenskyy, in a video the politician filmed himself on the streets of Kyiv. This weekend, the Twitterverse went deep on Zelenskyy’s backstory—revealing a venerable entertainment career known well by his countrymen, but one that is less familiar to citizens of other nations. Before becoming president of Ukraine, Zelenskyy’s political… Read Full Article