Zelensky named Time magazine 'Person of the Year'

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” on Wednesday after being one of 10 individuals or groups placed on a shortlist earlier this week. 

Zelensky has led Ukraine as it has worked to hold off a full-scale Russian invasion of the country since late February, becoming a leader on the world stage. He has overseen a series of victories in the war that has largely halted Russia from advancing and allowed Ukraine to retake captured territory.

The Ukrainian president, who was formerly an actor who played the role of president in a television series, has become a regular fixture throughout the conflict, showing a serious but reassuring demeanor during frequent addresses to the Ukrainian people.

He has also served as the top representative for Ukraine to the rest of the world, pleading for NATO and countries like the United States to come to its aid to stop Russian aggression.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/international/3765033-zelensky-named-time-magazine-person-of-the-year/

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. This will piss off TFG

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[Temeret]

5. They were hoping Putin would get it

for real.

[Pete Ross Junior]

18. Considering that Hitler and Stalin both got this "honor" ...

Just sayin'

[Mister Ed]

31. Their criterion is "the person who has most influenced" events.

And not necessarily the person who has done the most good. So yes, there were certainly some years in which Hitler or Stalin met the criterion.

[usaf-vet]

24. They were recognizing the person of the year. Great choice!

Tfg is only fit to win the a$$h**e of the decade front cover.

[Jilly_in_VA]

34. YAY!!!!!!

They got one right!

SLAVA UKRAINI! SLAVA HEROYAM! SLAVA ZELENSKIY! SLAVA NA VIKI!

[bronxiteforever]

2. Kick & recommend

He leads a valiant people through a dark time.
🇺🇦

[SheltieLover]

12. Well said, Bronxite!

[liberalla]

38. Agree! I love that the "Spirit of Ukraine" is included in the title

The people! What they have been through! And they want to battle on... they're so brave, determined and strong in spirit! I'm so impressed and in awe of them.

I'm so glad we're helping them... just think what would be happening if tfg was making these decisions.

Slava Ukraini!

[Deuxcents]

55. Yes, I agree 🇺🇦

[dutch777]

3. Well deserved! And I laughed when then elected a TV comedian. Talk about rising to the occasion!!

Truly an impressive leader.

[demmiblue]

4. COVER STORY:

The call from the President’s office came on a Saturday evening: Be ready to go the next day, an aide said, and pack a toothbrush. There were no details about the destination or how we would get there, but it wasn’t difficult to guess. Only two days earlier, on the 260th day of the invasion of Ukraine, the Russians had retreated from the city of Kherson. It was the only regional capital they had managed to seize since the start of the all-out war in February, and the Kremlin had promised it would forever be a part of Russia. Now Kherson was free, and Volodymyr Zelensky wanted to get there as soon as possible.

His bodyguards were urging him to wait. The Russians had destroyed the city’s infrastructure, leaving it with no water, power, or heat. Its outskirts were littered with mines. Government buildings were rigged with trip wires. On the highway to Kherson, an explosion had destroyed a bridge, rendering it impassable. As they fled, the Russians were also suspected of leaving behind agents and saboteurs who could try to ambush the presidential convoy, to assassinate Zelensky or take him hostage. There would be no way to ensure his safety on the central square, where crowds had gathered to celebrate the city’s liberation, within range of Russian artillery.

“My security was 100% against it,” the President told me during the trip. “They took it hard. They can’t control practically anything in a region that has just been de-occupied. So it’s a big risk, and, on my part, a bit reckless.”

Then why do it? The Russian goal at the start of the invasion had been to kill or capture Zelensky and decapitate his government. Why give them a chance to strike? The obvious reason had to do with the information war, which had become Zelensky’s specialty. By rolling into the city that Vladimir Putin still claimed as his own, the leader of Ukraine would blow a hole through the stories of conquest and imperial glory that Russian propagandists had been using for months to justify the war. Zelensky’s visit would deepen the embarrassment of the Russian retreat and strengthen the Ukrainian will to carry on through the winter.

https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2022-volodymyr-zelensky/

[erronis]

25. Thank you for including the text. Impressive!

Then why do it? The Russian goal at the start of the invasion had been to kill or capture Zelensky and decapitate his government. Why give them a chance to strike? The obvious reason had to do with the information war, which had become Zelensky’s specialty. By rolling into the city that Vladimir Putin still claimed as his own, the leader of Ukraine would blow a hole through the stories of conquest and imperial glory that Russian propagandists had been using for months to justify the war. Zelensky’s visit would deepen the embarrassment of the Russian retreat and strengthen the Ukrainian will to carry on through the winter.

[niyad]

6. As it should be. "I NEED AMMUNITION. NOT A RIDE."

That line should go down in history.

[sarge43]

9. So say we all

The selection also honors the Ukranian people.

Glory to them.

[niyad]

15. Slava Ukraini!

[BeyondGeography]

7. Any other choice would have been indefensible

JMHO

If he had taken the easy way out, which we were prepared for and even expecting, we’d be living in Putin’s world. We still are, but now it’s a mop-up job. Putin’s going down as the man who tried to destroy Ukraine and ended up exposing Russia’s weakness as a result. Russia is permanently diminished. Zelensky did that.

[Lovie777]

8. K&R......

[barbtries]

10. i think it's appropriate.

he's been a lesson in courage and conviction under the worst possible conditions.

[NNadir]

11. He will live in the history of the remarkable. n/t.

[hlthe2b]

13. Thank DOG. I was sooooooo afraid they would not pick Zelensky--the most

obvious and deserving choice in many decades. Had they chosen a US politico (like DeSantis, who apparently was among the more likely choices), I would have been beside myself.

This sends such a message to those Putinistas in the RW and their neo-Nazi brethren that I could not be more relieved. Likewise to the rest of the world.

I WILL BE BUYING A COPY. I hope many will.

[electric_blue68]

52. My neighborhood doesn't have it but I'll be in midtown Manhattan later this week, and will look for!

[Pepsidog]

14. Clear choice followed by Joe and Nancy.

[DinahMoeHum]

16. There was nobody else this year more deserving.

[Mysterian]

17. Well deserved - an easy choice

The bloody fight goes on in Ukraine.

[rubbersole]

19. And just think...

The gym skank from Georgia is mouthing off that the new power the House repub majority got will be used to stop all US funding of the Ukraine resistance to the Russian invasion. We should learn this lesson in resolve and patriotism that the Ukrainians are showing the world. And do everything to help them through this difficult winter, with their infrastructure destroyed by a madman who is trying to destroy democracy worldwide. Zelensky is the Churchill of our time. Congratulations sir.

[orangecrush]

29. Watch the CIA

Flip off the GOP assholes in the house.

I won't elaborate.

[Prairie_Seagull]

39. Yep, middle fingers up! n/t

[anamnua]

61. Absolutely

And if he is the Churchill Joe Biden is the FDR.

[rubbersole]

62. Biden is showing more patriotic competence than any leader in my lifetime.

As a country we are fortunate/blessed that he became president. His successes are beyond any of my expectations. The right man for the times. History will be very kind to him. And Jill. Class.

[demmiblue]

20. VIDEO:

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[mcar]

21. That's appropriate

some of the other contenders were ridiculous.

[MontanaMama]

22. Kick.

Excellent choice. And, it doesn’t bother me at all that TFG will have his sizable panties in a wad over this.

[gademocrat7]

23. K&R!

Well deserved. Slava Ukraini!🇺🇦🇺🇦

[Deep State Witch]

26. As It Should Be

There were others that were deserving, like Liz Cheney. But nobody exemplified 2022 more than Zelenskyy.

[orangecrush]

27. AWESOME

Well deserved!!!

[piddyprints]

28. That is

the right choice!

[Wounded Bear]

30. K & R...good choice of a guy who stood up to Putin...nt

[wnylib]

32. Nobody else even comes close to deserving this recognition.

And yet, he is the least likely to seek it out. He acts on behalf of his nation and the people, not for his own ego.

[dchill]

33. Yeah, Putin's gonna soil himself!

[ms liberty]

35. Great choice. K&R. n/t

[Torchlight]

36. He and all the people of Ukraine have earned this recognition

and so much more. He is the broadcast voice of an entire nation's temerity born of necessity.

[Lucinda]

37. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[Prairie_Seagull]

40. Gets my vote,,,,wait nobody asked me,,,,shit, still gets my vote.

[PortTack]

41. So so deserving...he's aged so these past 10 months

[twodogsbarking]

42. Super human.

[FakeNoose]

43. TIME chose the right person for this honor!

[Jack the Greater]

44. Being as Time's criterium for this award is the person, group, idea or object that

"for better or for worse ... has done the most to influence the events of the year," I would think the award should go to Vlad, who actually initiated the events that Zelensky is responding to. In the past, the title has also been granted to Adolf Hitler (1938), Joseph Stalin (1939 and 1942), Nikita Khrushchev (1957) and Ayatollah Khomeini (1979).

[Cha]

45. Oh Thank Goodness! TY! nt

[Raine]

46. WONDERFUL ... 🌻💙🇺🇦Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦💛🌻 nt

[Faux pas]

47. Kickin' with Gusto!

[SWBTATTReg]

48. A well-deserve honor to him and all of those that supported him. My heart is thrilled!

[Hassler]

49. I was sure it would be Leon Skum.

[republianmushroom]

50. LIKE

[llmart]

51. Excellent choice.

So well-deserved. What a champion of democracy. He put his life on the line for his country.

[SunSeeker]

53. Well deserved.

[electric_blue68]

54. Oh, what a Beautifully Designed cover w both Zelensky, Ukrainian people fighting for Freedom...

When I saw it last night half-a-sleep I didn't see the
"Spirit of Ukraine" part.

Now, the cover is even more beautiful and poignant!

So well deserved!

(and Kudos to the Illustratior & Designer - "my people" )


SLAVA UKRAINI! SLAVA HEROYAM! 🌻🇺🇦🌻


(getting teary-eyed)

[BobTheSubgenius]

56. Far from a difficult honour to predict, and one richly deserved.

The best quote I've heard of this man was in the early stages of the war. "In 3 weeks, he's gone from being Charlie Chaplin to Winston Churchill."

[lunatica]

57. Well Du'h!

Of course they picked him!

We wouldn’t forgive them if they picked someone else!

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

58. perfect choice

[calimary]

59. Well deserved, and earned the hard way.

And to think he originally came onto the scene as a stand-up comedian. He’s morphed into a giant! Without peer. And with the courage of a roaring lion. A symbol of strength and heroism, a unique kind of Everyman Heroism. He makes you want to stand up straight.

[Stuart G]

60. Great Choice