Simdorranko krains: Zalensky was able to show the world that maybe he wasn't the best peace time leader, he's the perfect war time leader. I think if zalensky would flee, or if the ukranian defences were breached early on, then ukraine wouldnt have gathered all those sanctions against russia,. financial aid, military aid. The world is ready to help krane fight this war because of zalenssky.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy went from a middling peacetime president to a heroic wartime president. Kyiv Independent’s Oleksiy Sorokin explains from an undisclosed location in western Ukraine. Vox’s Emily VanDerWerff also explains, but from her home in Los Angeles.
This episode was produced by Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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