TV tonight: Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s remarkable pivot from comedian to president | Television
The Zelensky story 9pm, BBC TwoThis is not a new story, but it is an astonishing and almost unbelievable one: a TV comedian played a fictional president and was then elected the real president of Ukraine. The story is told in three parts. In the first, Volodymyr Zelensky, his wife Olena and those who knew […]
Zelenskiy’s gamble: success of shock Russia offensive hangs in the balance | Ukraine
noTwo weeks after its surprise invasion of Russia, Ukraine is struggling to balance seizing territory across the border at Kursk with losing territory in the central city of Donetsk, the heart of the eastern front. On Friday, Ukraine’s top commander, Oleksandr Shirushky, claimed they were advancing up to two miles a day inside Russia, while […]
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskiy’s army of drones gets its own commander | Ukraine
Ukraine is Vadim Sukharevsky appointed as commander of Russia’s drone forces, a newly created postSukharevsky was already deputy commander of the military in charge of drones, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in February ordered the creation of a separate drone department. A branch of the military that specializes in drones The order was approved by […]