And how unafraid and committed to the future of Ukraine: "Instead of asking to be rescued, he demanded an answer to a question Ukraine had been posing for decades: would it ever be allowed to join the European Union?" 8/
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Book reveals Zelensky’s human reaction to Kramatorsk attack
The book shows how human Zelensky is. It writes that he was deeply shaken by the Kramatorsk train station attack that killed 60, struggling to focus in a pivotal meeting with a senior EU official about Ukraine's bid to join the bloc 7/
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Zelensky’s bunker routine: family separation, little sleep
There is a fascinating detail about life in Zelensky's bunker. It soon settled into a stressful but livable routine, but Zelensky struggled being separated from his family and barely sleeping as he coordinated Ukraine's defense. 5/
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Zelensky’s sleepless nights with constant phone buzzing
Quote: "The nights were hardest for Zelensky. His bed was barely wide enough to toss and turn. The buzzing from his phone rarely stopped. ‘In those first days, I would wake everybody up,’ he said." 6/
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Zelensky blamed for weak defenses before invasion
Quote: "Through his actions before the invasion, Zelensky bore at least some of the blame for the flimsy state of the nation’s defences. He had spent weeks playing down the risk of a full-scale invasion and he’d refused the advice of military commanders to fortify the border." 4/
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Zelensky underestimated threat early but showed resolve, rallying allies
Shuster write that in the early days of the war, Zelensky initially underestimated the threat but then displayed remarkable resolve, refusing evacuation offers and rallying allies, though the invasion revealed his earlier strategic mistakes 3/
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New book details Zelenskyy’s transformation from comedian to wartime leader
Time reporter Simon Shuster @shustry writes about the life of Zelenskyy in a bunker in the early days of Russia's invasion in his new book He profiles his dramatic personal transformation from comedian to steely wartime leader, with new behind-the-scenes details 1/
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Exclusive book extract on Zelensky’s bunker during Ukraine war
The exclusive extract from the book was published in https://
telegraph.co.uk/world-news/0/y
ear-zelensky-bunker-ukraine-russia-war/
… The book itself is here: https://
amazon.com/Fight-Here-Vol
odymyr-Zelensky-Ukraine/dp/0063307421
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Strong winds topple wind turbine in Odesa region
❗️Strong winds in #Odesa region caused the collapse of a wind turbine.
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) 8 janvier 2024
Local Telegram channels from Belgorod-Dnistrovsky district share footage of the incident. pic.twitter.com/jQLkt34MMyStrong winds in #Odesa region caused the collapse of a wind turbine. Local Telegram channels from Belgorod-Dnistrovsky district share footage of the incident.
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Russian plane drops FAB-250 bomb on occupied Rubizhne in emergency discharge
Russia reportedly drops bomb on occupied Luhansk Oblast town in 'emergency discharge.' While on a combat mission, a Russian military plane dropped an FAB-250 aerial bomb on Rubizhne in the occupied part of Luhansk Oblast in an "emergency discharge," Moscow-installed leader in