“We all know who Voldemort is in this war and who Harry Potter is. “Therefore, we know how the war will end,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zhelensky stressed today that he has “role models” for his fellow countrymen who resisted the invaders, while drawing a parallel between Russia and Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter’s greatest enemy in the book series. K. Rowling.
Wearing a military uniform, Zelensky answered questions from students at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto online.
Asked by a student what his standards were, Zelensky replied: “The people of Ukraine…”. “There are so many,” he said, explaining: “An ordinary Ukrainian farmer who took his tractor and blocked the way in Russian tanks, a housewife who went out and stopped armored vehicles with her bare hands. ‘These are the people I admire.’
The Ukrainian president smiled when he heard a comment that some liken him to Winston Churchill and Harry Potter. “Harry Potter is better than Voldemort. And we all know who Voldemort is in this war and who Harry Potter is. “Therefore, we also know how the war will end,” he stressed.
Mural of President @ZelenskyyUa as Harry Potter in Poznań, Poland. pic.twitter.com/hcsl9CQLSB
– UkraineWorld (@ukraine_world) March 9, 2022
In the online discussion, Volodymyr Zelensky also said that he believes that all European Union member states will support at the forthcoming summit the proposal to grant the country the status of a candidate for EU membership. “I really believe that all 27 EU countries they will support our candidacy regime “, he stressed and added” It is like coming out of the darkness into the light “.
Zelenski, 44, a former comedian who played the president in a popular TV series before entering politics, has won international acclaim for refusing to leave his homeland during the war and for inspiring his compatriots to resist. against the Russian invaders.
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