Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer. He became Ukraine’s sixth president in 2019. Before entering politics, he co-founded the production company Kvartal 95 and starred in the television series Servant of the People.

During Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began in 2022, Zelenskyy has led the country. In the news context, he criticized the withdrawal of U.S. intelligence support and said Ukraine would not maintain a pause in attacks on Russian energy infrastructure indefinitely without Russian restraint.