Zelensky Steps Into a Role Few Expected: Ukraine’s Wartime President

“Volodymyr Zelensky made a transformation because basically, Ukrainian society made this transformation. Russians would have expected pro-Russian policies on his part, but he understands that Russians want to make everything on their terms and deny Ukraine’s existence,” Volodymyr Yermolenko, Director of Analytics at Internews Ukraine and UkraineWorld's editor in chief, commented on the role of Zelensky in resistance to Russian aggression.