The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has been announced "Person of the year" from "Time" magazine.
The 44-year-old former comedian and actor has been the president of Ukraine since 2019.
Zelensky has been praised for his stoic attitude in the war that Russia has been waging in his country for nine months now.
According to "Times" Volodymyr Zelensky woke up the world in a way not seen in decades.
In the weeks after Russian bombs began to fall on February 24, his decision not to flee Kiev but to stay and rally support proved fatal.
From his first 40-second Instagram post on February 25 - showing that his cabinet and civil society were intact and in place - to daily speeches delivered remotely at the Houses of Parliament, the World Bank and the Grammy Awards, The president of Ukraine was everywhere.
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