How Do We Talk About Olena Zelenska, Ukraine's First Lady?
glamour.comBy How do we talk about Olena Zelenska, the comedy writer-turned reluctant president's wife, who has emerged as a figure of defiant patriotism ? “Today I will not have panic and tears.
I will be calm and confident,” Zelenska, 44, wrote on Instagram the last Thursday of February, the day Russia launched an unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “My children are looking at me," she . "I will be next to them.
And next to my husband. And with you.”Zelenska is married to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. In 2019, the couple became the president and first lady in the country's history.
They have two children—Oleksandra, a teenager, and Cyril, who is under ten. Zelenska is a professional comedy writer. As first lady, she has championed women's safety, children's health, and disability access.
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