President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been named ‘Person Of The Year’ by Financial Times Newspaper.
The president was described by the newspaper to have “a deep sense of humanity” a quality that was said to have earned him the admiration of Ukrainians and others abroad.
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Amidst the ongoing war between his country Ukraine and Russia, President Zelenskyy has been using social media to campaign for military and financial support which many have commended.
Financial Times also revealed that he was chosen as person of the year because “he has become a standard bearer for liberal democracy” which could define the course of the 21st Century.
The newspaper article on Zelenskyy reads in part, “Ukraine surprised the world by fending off the Russian assault on Kyiv and with its counteroffensives in Kharkiv and Kherson provinces. It has retaken half of the territory Moscow’s troops had seized this year. Zelenskyy’s forces now are pressing ahead in the south and the east, even as winter sets in, with the goal of liberating all Ukrainian territory, including the Donbas region and Crimea.
“Just as Winston Churchill went on the radio to rally his country during the Blitz, Zelenskyy has used social media to campaign relentlessly for western military and financial support, turning the plight of his people into moral leverage over leaders in Europe and the US. He has persuaded Europeans to bear the huge costs of standing up to Putin and to offer Kyiv a path to EU membership.
“Along the way, he has become a standard bearer for liberal democracy in the wider global contest with authoritarianism that could define the course of the 21st century.
“Zelenskyy has also come to embody the courage and resilience of the Ukrainian people in their fight against Russian aggression. It is for these reasons that the Financial Times has chosen Zelenskyy as the person of the year.”
President Zelenskyy was also named ‘the most influential person in 2022’ by the American Magazine Time on May 20, 2022.
