In 2017, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was the Ukrainian dubbed voice of Paddington. Less than two years later, he won the presidency in a landslide
Sean Penn was among the first to visit Zelenskyy after the conflict broke outHanna Shelest, from Odesa, says people like to know what is happening with the war first-hand.
Software engineer Roman, 34, says he watches Mr Zelenskyy's videos occasionally but prefers to read weekly reports of what the president says."Historical practice speaks of the importance of such communication. The same [as] Churchill constantly addressed the people during the war." "He wasn't in a position like Zelenskyy where he could have been assassinated by standing outside," he says.Orysia Lutsevych said there are similarities between Mr Zelenskyy and Britain's wartime leader - but differences too.
Appointments and changes he made to the military in the months before the war have proved effective, she tells Sky News, and he has not interfered in their work.
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