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<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: The Performance of Volodymyr Zelensky’s Life

The Ukrainian president is modeling courage from the streets of Kyiv, via self-shot videos.
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Today, as Russian forces on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and to surrounding him in Kyiv, NATO to create a no-fly zone over parts of his country and officially for Ukraine to join the European Union. Since Russia launched its invasion, Zelensky, who declined an offer by the United States to evacuate him from Kyiv, has been praised for his leadership, and his defiant videos from the streets of the capital have inspired people from around the world who have seen them on social media.

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