“Volodymyr Zelensky: Ukraine in Blood”

Gallagher Fenwick, tall reporter and author of one of the first biographies of the Ukrainian president “Volodymyr Zelensky : Ukraine in the blood” (Éditions du Rocher), was the guest of 11 p.m., Tuesday, May 17. While the head of state, a former actor, spoke by videoconference during the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival, Gallagher Fenwick judges that “tragically”Vladimir Putin offered him “the role of his life”. In a war where image and communication took on a very important role, the writer pointed out that Volodymyr Zelensky “excels” in this exercise.

“He communicates in order to resonate with his people, but also to win hearts and minds far beyond the borders of his country”, he developed. A paradox for a man who had entered politics with the aim “to bring peace”. “That’s the immense irony of his situation”, judges the biographer. The sometimes despised former actor, accused of populism or incompetence, is today admired by the vast majority of Ukrainians.