How Zelensky became Ukraine's president in 2019
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- Опубліковано 5 чер 2024
- It's been five years since Volodymyr Zelensky, then the country's best-known comedian, became Ukraine's president.
Outside Ukraine, few remember the wild campaign that landed Zelensky a seat in the president's office. Watch the Kyiv Independent's recap of Zelensky's funny, groundbreaking campaign that resulted in a landslide victory for the now much more serious president.
Timecodes:
00:00 - Things to remember about the bizarre campaign of Volodymyr Zelensky
00:50 - Successful entertainer and his TV show "Servant of the People"
02:36 - Svyatoslav Vakarchuk and Zelensky
03:06 - Zelensky announces his bid for the presidency during New Year's night
03:41 - Zelensky and social media
04:48 - Zelensky wins first round of elections
05:23 - Debates with Petro Poroshenko
07:11 - Zelensky wins the race
07:30 - Inauguration
He was more than a comedian. He has a law degree and a prominent actor. A very educated person. He and his wife.
And a great stateman, and a great wartime leader. Streets will be named after him.
He was also a very successful businessman.
@@laurie9557this. He never worked as a lawyer, but imo, it's much more correct to view him as an entrepreneur than "just" an actor or comedian. The media company he founded is really big and he was a top manager there besides acting and doing shows - obviously a workaholic. But try managing a lot of creative people, it's like herding cats. You need to be a true leader to pull that off. He probably always had a natural talent at leading people, then had his big company for 20 years. It shouldn't be a surprise that he's a good leader.
I jest skorumpowanym narkomanem!!!💩🤮🤮🤮🤮
How young and carefree he seemed before the war. 😢thank you for sharing this video.
Thank you for watching
the man of 21st Century Volodymyr Zelensky A wonderful President, Ukraine is lucky to have him.
Respect!🇨🇦
Kyiv Independent! Thank you so much for your really interesting and "demanded" content!
Thank you for watching!
A wonderful President, Ukraine is lucky to have him.
😂😂😂. Doprowadził do wojny!!!! Gdzie masz mózg????!!!!
Power to the people of Ukraine!
Your President Zelensky is the best I have ever seen.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Thank you, this is very useful for other countries of the region mired in corruption who would like to shake up the political arena.
Dissolving the Parliament was a smart move, a democratic President can't do much without support in the Parliament. How did those elections go for his party?
Thank you for watching and for your support. That election actually also resulted in a landslide victory for Zelensky, as his party got 254 out of 450 seats in parliament, with most of the party members having never been engaged in politics before. As they were and still are a parliamentary majority, they didn't have to join forces with other parties for a coalition
According to the Russian ministry of defense, ukraine has lost over 450,000 troops since the start of the conflict. That doesn't sound like winning.
Cometh the hour, cometh the man.
Well said!
Thank you for the video,
Absolutely unhinged presidential election lmao.
But i like dynamic politics so
thank you for watching
Сміх та й годі , що народ обирав - те і отримав
In tragic moments, great statesmen are revealed. 1914 in France Georges Clémenceau, the tiger, stands out and resists, including going into the trenches. 1940 the English resisted the blitz, a great man Winston Churchill who motivated the English nation. 2022 a great statesman was revealed to the world, as were Georges Clémenceau and Winston Churchill. President Zelensky is one of these great statesmen
This was great 👍 Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
I've been watching his show very slowly; but I'm halfway along the second season, which gets very bold and abstract but I love his willingness to commit to a surrealist bit for an entire episode like when everyone else gets visas to leave and he is just walking around alone like "I Am Legend". I think the whole thing gives a good sense of what his strengths, charms and biases are. I hear right-wingers all the time (and unfortunately a few fools from the left who listen to RT) talk about him like he's hitler .> I've never met a fascist yet who was capable of laughing at themselves, let alone had an interest in making other people smile.
Thank you for this video compilation. As a citizen of USA, it is important for me to see the historical path of Zelensky and Ukraine. I understand his popularity was declining until the invasion occurred. It might be worth doing another video of what he was doing until the invasion of 2022.
As a citizen of jupiter, I think you are full of shitznizz
Thank you for your support. We are planning to produce a video about his presidency too
Refusing to prepare the country while simultaneously dismantling the relevant manufacturing and barriers to entry, a U-turn compered to the predecessor.
Just watched this, great documentary and summary! 👍 Thank you, Kyiv Independent team!
Thank you for watching!
@6:21, Can someone provide context around kneeling in front of the crowd...?
I guess the name of the party - Servant of the people.
One of them (if I remember correctly, it was Zelensky) said something like I kneel to respect our soldiers. The ongoing war started in 2014.
Thank you for watching! He is kneeling to honor soldiers who died on the front line defending Ukraine.
Thank you very much for this interesting and informative explainer.
It's clear that your president actually loves his country and its people. He has flaws, just like everyone else, but he also has more courage than we've seen in any world leader for generations. Ukraine will win. Ukraine will be free. Ukraine will build a strong democracy. May peace come to Ukraine, soon.
Zelensky is a comedian 😅😅😅😅
👍⭐👍
He’s gonna get a lot of shit domestically after the war, but his one decision to stay in Kyiv probably made the country’s morale unbreakable
Go 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺💪
I want to see that debate. Very clever by Zelenskyy's team. I like their youthful energy and think the old should step aside. We need younger people from diverse groups and more women. I believe Ukraine has a bright future.
Thank you for your support!
Propaganda against Poroshenko(previous President) was working for five years on many TV and news companies. And people believed that propaganda. So everything is much more complicated that you can see from another country.) Good luck!
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More about the man who made Zelenskyy famous, Igor kolomoisky,is he still banned from going to USA? And why? Hmmm
You can watch more about Kolomoisky, who used to be one of the most powerful Ukrainian oligarchs, here: ua-cam.com/video/Or0u3pxdDLQ/v-deo.htmlsi=ofqrR-Ko8khCuulh&t=244
@@kyivindependent thanks, I watched and it raised more questions than answers. But still appreciate your team took the time to report on the situation
The timing of this video is interesting. Is this supposed to help legitimize Zelensky beyond the end of his legal term? What motivated you to make this segment now?
March 31 marked exactly 5 years since the first round of this election, that's why we released this video now. We also plan to do a video on five years of Zelensky's presidency, as well as an explainer about his legitimacy and questions being raised about it
@@kyivindependent Thanks for the answer!
Her is how one publication recaps Zelenskyy's run: "When Volodymyr Zelenskiy sought to become Ukraine’s president he stood on a platform of peace. Zelenskiy promised to sit down with Vladimir Putin and to reach a deal with Russia. He would end the unpopular war in the east and concentrate on important domestic reforms. These included ridding the country of corruption and oligarchs." But, like most politicians, he was a liar. Instead of sitting down with Putin and negotiating peace - he declared it illegal.
He did sit down with putin. But putin refused to return Crimea and Donbas.
A bane of notion lists who refused to prepare the land for what came, and continues doing it. Having no skills only makes him cling to his place harder, would deal with the bear if it helped him.
Oops jelly much
@@marisabenson1222 One should be over 13 before posting on YT. I actually want the crane people to not die and to remain free.
Imagine voting for a clown as a preseident who rhen wrecked the country😂😂😂.I am witness to this history😂😂
Imagine having the same dictator since 1999 😂 and no hope of ever having any true freedoms 😂
@@LisaNH934you'd think they'd be bored of his botoxed mug
@@LisaNH934 im from florida.We have a 85yr old senile president and an electoral process where we buy politicians,votes and elections..We openly admit that we are run by the "deep state"..LOL
@@LisaNH934 I guess its way better living with a dictator for the next 50 years than in a perpetual state of grief or dead without one😂😂
@@Contra-mc1yh you mean by closing your eyes to the truth, those ruskiy casualties never happened? 🤔 Great system you've got there 🤪
Perhaps this comparison is a tad bit early, but Zelenskyy might just be his nation’s Abe Lincoln