Ukrainian President

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

entered the list of the 50 most influential people in the world in 2022 according to Bloomberg.

This is reported on the website of the American agency.

The publication emphasizes that Zelensky has been leading the resistance against the invasion of the aggressor Russia for ten months.

In particular, during this time, the Armed Forces managed to push out the Russian troops from the Kyiv region and return the only captured regional center - Kherson, the authors note.

They also mention the head of state's refusal of the US offer to help him escape at the beginning of the war.

The authors of the material also expressed admiration for the president's nightly addresses on social networks, "in which he convinces Ukrainians that they will win." 

"Zelensky, who rose to fame as an actor playing an accidental president on a popular TV show, used his talents as an entertainer to address parliaments around the world and rally support for his nation's struggle. It worked," the publication said.

The article notes that the war is far from over.

"Russian President Volodymyr Putin has hinted that he may resort to nuclear weapons to try to force Ukraine and the West to conclude an agreement that will allow him to keep some of his gains. The post-war recovery of Ukraine's devastated economy is expected to cost more than $340 billion," the agency writes.

Recognition of the Ukrainian leader

The European Parliament awarded Ukrainians and the country's president Volodymyr Zelensky with the Sakharov Prize.

During his speech

, the head of state called on the world to act without waiting for war.

Time called the person of 2022

Volodymyr Zelenskyi and the "spirit of Ukraine".

In the article, Simon Schuster writes that Zelensky's success as a wartime leader depended on the fact that courage is "contagious."

The Kremlin could not remain silent and erupted in indignation at the cutting of the American magazine.

The press secretary of the Russian president, Dmytro

Peskov, called the criteria

by which Time recognized "outrageous"

Zelensky

person of the year 

The publication 

Politico recognized President Zelensky as the most influential person in Europe in

 2022.

It is indicated that the European leaders who won the elections in their countries want to visit Kyiv as soon as possible to take a picture with the president of Ukraine.

Read also:

  • The leader of the German opposition called on Scholz "not to hide behind NATO partners" and help Ukraine with tanks

  • The US reacted to the Kremlin's refusal to withdraw troops from Ukraine by Christmas

  • Putin has shown his recklessness, so you can expect unpredictable situations from him - the US ambassador to NATO