Volodymyr Zelensky: the comedian who defied the might of Putin's war machine

By Marc Berenson, Senior Lecturer, King's Russia Institute, King's College London

Heading into battle in Ukraine, Russian forces mark their equipment with a single letter signifying their objective. There have been different interpretations of the letter “Z” being used on Russian vehicles – one is that it represents the first letter of “Za pobedy”, which means “For victory” in Russian. But for others, who saw Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky describe himself as Russia’s “target…

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