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    Waging war, wielding words: Zelenskyy’s speeches have made him a folk hero

    by Laura King, Los Angeles Times Mar 16, 2022 3 minutes
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy virtually addresses the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Congressional Auditorium in Washington, D.C..

    The wartime optics were impeccable. Clad in olive drab, seemingly paler than the day before, unruly facial stubble thickening into a goatee, and with his country’s familiar cerulean-and-yellow banner by his side, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy launched into his latest appeal for help in the lopsided war against Russia.

    This time, his audience was the U.S. Congress, and Zelenskyy’s speech by video link featured what has become a trademark blend of passion and defiance — a rhetorical flair that has propelled the Ukrainian leader to folk-hero

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