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Volodymyr Zelensky: from mountebank to war hero

Audio 7:30 p.m.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky © AFP

By: Anne Corpet Follow

1 min

In less than a week after invading his country, Volodymyr Zelensky went from unlikely president to hero.

He is omnipresent, tireless.

Throughout Ukraine, but also abroad, his bravery is celebrated.

Nothing, however, predestined this

comedian who became the star of a successful series to become president, then warlord.

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He was said to be naive and inexperienced, but his sense of formula and his courage silenced his detractors.

Volodymyr Zelensky, number one target of the Kremlin, continues despite the Russian bombardments on his country, to embody the determination of an entire people.

He multiplies his appearances on social networks, tirelessly contacts Western leaders, dictates his instructions to them.

And now says he is ready to die for Ukraine.

Décryptage invites you today to come back to the atypical journey of an acrobat who became a war hero. 

With : 

Oksana Lychkovska-Nebot

, professor of sociology at the

, author of the chapter "The construction and deconstruction of the sociopolitical crisis in Ukrainian humorous media discourse.

The case of V.Zelensky: from media dominance to political power” in the book

Valentyna Dymytrova

, lecturer in information and communication sciences at

, specialist in Ukraine  

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