Zelensky named Time magazine 'Person of the Year'
Source: The Hill
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was named Time magazines Person of the Year on Wednesday after being one of 10 individuals or groups placed on a shortlist earlier this week.
Zelensky has led Ukraine as it has worked to hold off a full-scale Russian invasion of the country since late February, becoming a leader on the world stage. He has overseen a series of victories in the war that has largely halted Russia from advancing and allowed Ukraine to retake captured territory.
The Ukrainian president, who was formerly an actor who played the role of president in a television series, has become a regular fixture throughout the conflict, showing a serious but reassuring demeanor during frequent addresses to the Ukrainian people.
He has also served as the top representative for Ukraine to the rest of the world, pleading for NATO and countries like the United States to come to its aid to stop Russian aggression.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/international/3765033-zelensky-named-time-magazine-person-of-the-year/
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LetMyPeopleVote
(145,329 posts)Temeret
(80 posts)for real.
Pete Ross Junior
(404 posts)Just sayin'
Mister Ed
(5,940 posts)And not necessarily the person who has done the most good. So yes, there were certainly some years in which Hitler or Stalin met the criterion.
usaf-vet
(6,189 posts)Tfg is only fit to win the a$$h**e of the decade front cover.
Jilly_in_VA
(9,983 posts)They got one right!
SLAVA UKRAINI! SLAVA HEROYAM! SLAVA ZELENSKIY! SLAVA NA VIKI!
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)He leads a valiant people through a dark time.
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SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)liberalla
(9,249 posts)The people! What they have been through! And they want to battle on... they're so brave, determined and strong in spirit! I'm so impressed and in awe of them.
I'm so glad we're helping them... just think what would be happening if tfg was making these decisions.
Slava Ukraini!
Deuxcents
(16,248 posts)dutch777
(3,023 posts)Truly an impressive leader.
demmiblue
(36,865 posts)His bodyguards were urging him to wait. The Russians had destroyed the citys infrastructure, leaving it with no water, power, or heat. Its outskirts were littered with mines. Government buildings were rigged with trip wires. On the highway to Kherson, an explosion had destroyed a bridge, rendering it impassable. As they fled, the Russians were also suspected of leaving behind agents and saboteurs who could try to ambush the presidential convoy, to assassinate Zelensky or take him hostage. There would be no way to ensure his safety on the central square, where crowds had gathered to celebrate the citys liberation, within range of Russian artillery.
My security was 100% against it, the President told me during the trip. They took it hard. They cant control practically anything in a region that has just been de-occupied. So its a big risk, and, on my part, a bit reckless.
Then why do it? The Russian goal at the start of the invasion had been to kill or capture Zelensky and decapitate his government. Why give them a chance to strike? The obvious reason had to do with the information war, which had become Zelenskys specialty. By rolling into the city that Vladimir Putin still claimed as his own, the leader of Ukraine would blow a hole through the stories of conquest and imperial glory that Russian propagandists had been using for months to justify the war. Zelenskys visit would deepen the embarrassment of the Russian retreat and strengthen the Ukrainian will to carry on through the winter.
https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2022-volodymyr-zelensky/
erronis
(15,303 posts)niyad
(113,364 posts)That line should go down in history.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)The selection also honors the Ukranian people.
Glory to them.
niyad
(113,364 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,375 posts)JMHO
If he had taken the easy way out, which we were prepared for and even expecting, wed be living in Putins world. We still are, but now its a mop-up job. Putins going down as the man who tried to destroy Ukraine and ended up exposing Russias weakness as a result. Russia is permanently diminished. Zelensky did that.
Lovie777
(12,281 posts)barbtries
(28,799 posts)he's been a lesson in courage and conviction under the worst possible conditions.
NNadir
(33,527 posts)hlthe2b
(102,297 posts)obvious and deserving choice in many decades. Had they chosen a US politico (like DeSantis, who apparently was among the more likely choices), I would have been beside myself.
This sends such a message to those Putinistas in the RW and their neo-Nazi brethren that I could not be more relieved. Likewise to the rest of the world.
I WILL BE BUYING A COPY. I hope many will.
electric_blue68
(14,915 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,794 posts)Mysterian
(4,588 posts)The bloody fight goes on in Ukraine.
rubbersole
(6,702 posts)The gym skank from Georgia is mouthing off that the new power the House repub majority got will be used to stop all US funding of the Ukraine resistance to the Russian invasion. We should learn this lesson in resolve and patriotism that the Ukrainians are showing the world. And do everything to help them through this difficult winter, with their infrastructure destroyed by a madman who is trying to destroy democracy worldwide. Zelensky is the Churchill of our time. Congratulations sir.
orangecrush
(19,573 posts)Flip off the GOP assholes in the house.
I won't elaborate.
Prairie_Seagull
(3,329 posts)anamnua
(1,114 posts)And if he is the Churchill Joe Biden is the FDR.
rubbersole
(6,702 posts)As a country we are fortunate/blessed that he became president. His successes are beyond any of my expectations. The right man for the times. History will be very kind to him. And Jill. Class.
demmiblue
(36,865 posts)mcar
(42,334 posts)some of the other contenders were ridiculous.
MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)Excellent choice. And, it doesnt bother me at all that TFG will have his sizable panties in a wad over this.
gademocrat7
(10,660 posts)Well deserved. Slava Ukraini!🇺🇦🇺🇦
Deep State Witch
(10,429 posts)There were others that were deserving, like Liz Cheney. But nobody exemplified 2022 more than Zelenskyy.
orangecrush
(19,573 posts)Well deserved!!!
piddyprints
(14,643 posts)the right choice!
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)wnylib
(21,496 posts)And yet, he is the least likely to seek it out. He acts on behalf of his nation and the people, not for his own ego.
dchill
(38,505 posts)ms liberty
(8,580 posts)Torchlight
(3,342 posts)and so much more. He is the broadcast voice of an entire nation's temerity born of necessity.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Prairie_Seagull
(3,329 posts)PortTack
(32,778 posts)twodogsbarking
(9,761 posts)FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)Jack the Greater
(601 posts)"for better or for worse ... has done the most to influence the events of the year," I would think the award should go to Vlad, who actually initiated the events that Zelensky is responding to. In the past, the title has also been granted to Adolf Hitler (1938), Joseph Stalin (1939 and 1942), Nikita Khrushchev (1957) and Ayatollah Khomeini (1979).
Cha
(297,323 posts)Raine
(30,540 posts)Faux pas
(14,681 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,143 posts)Hassler
(3,379 posts)republianmushroom
(13,616 posts)llmart
(15,540 posts)So well-deserved. What a champion of democracy. He put his life on the line for his country.
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)electric_blue68
(14,915 posts)When I saw it last night half-a-sleep I didn't see the
"Spirit of Ukraine" part.
Now, the cover is even more beautiful and poignant!
So well deserved!
(and Kudos to the Illustratior & Designer - "my people" )
SLAVA UKRAINI! SLAVA HEROYAM! 🌻🇺🇦🌻
(getting teary-eyed)
BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)The best quote I've heard of this man was in the early stages of the war. "In 3 weeks, he's gone from being Charlie Chaplin to Winston Churchill."
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Of course they picked him!
We wouldnt forgive them if they picked someone else!
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(7,975 posts)calimary
(81,323 posts)And to think he originally came onto the scene as a stand-up comedian. Hes morphed into a giant! Without peer. And with the courage of a roaring lion. A symbol of strength and heroism, a unique kind of Everyman Heroism. He makes you want to stand up straight.