The First Lady of Ukraine Elena Zelenskaya stated that her relationship with her husband “on pause” against the background of the ongoing conflict with Russia and that the couple “waits to be reunited” with their children.
Yesterday Zelenskaya stated that she could not see her husband, President Uladzimir Zielenski, for a long time, and said that it was “abnormal” that their children could talk to their father only on the phone.
The couple refused to leave Ukraine when Russian troops crossed the border on February 24, and instead remained in Kyiv to lead an exceptional military effort, receiving worldwide praise for resolute disobedience to Russian despot Vladimir Putin.
But that means they are only allowed to see each other periodically for a short period of time for security.
“It’s abnormal. This is an abnormal relationship when children do not see the father and have to talk to him on the phone. So, our relationship is on pause, as it is for all Ukrainians, ”she told CNN’s Christian Amanpour in an interview that aired yesterday.
“We … expect to be met, to be together again, to spend evenings together, to talk to the children about their affairs.”
Yesterday Zelenskaya stated that she could not see her husband, President Vladimir Zelensky, for a long time, and said that it was “abnormal” that their children could talk to their father only on the phone (couple in the photo in Kyiv, May 2022).
“It’s abnormal. This is an abnormal relationship when children do not see the father and have to talk to him on the phone. Thus, our relations are on pause, as for all Ukrainians, ”Zelenska said yesterday
Zelenskaya said it was “abnormal” when her children could not see their father, President Vladimir Zelensky, and only spoke to him on the phone
The couple could not see each other for the first two months of the war, as Russian troops put pressure on Kyiv and the Ukrainian armed forces fought fierce battles to repel them from the suburbs of the capital.
The president remained in his office in Kyiv surrounded by his deputies and security advisers to lead the hostilities, while Zelenska and their children Alexander, 17, and Kirill, 9, went to an unknown location.
After Putin’s troops withdrew from Kiev and most of the intense fighting resumed in the eastern Donbass region after Russia’s retreat from the capital, the couple reunited for a short time.
They still can’t see each other regularly, but at least I physically feel it next to me, ”Zelenska told CNN.
In a previous interview with Good Morning America, Zelenskaya spoke about the couple’s forced separation when the invasion began, and discussed her husband’s impressive nature before the war.
“We say goodbye to each other on the first day. And for the next two months we had the opportunity to talk only on the phone. I am very proud that the world has revealed the true identity of my husband, ”Zielenska said.
The 44-year-old Zelenska added that when it was easier for her 17-year-old daughter to explain what was going on in the country, her nine-year-old son asked where his father was.
“I believe that the children clearly understood everything from the first moment,” she said.
“My son, well, he tried to keep himself brave and courageous enough. He kept asking about his dad, about what he was doing to defend the country. “
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife, First Lady Elena Zelenskaya, attend a welcoming ceremony at the Riga Palace in Riga, Latvia, October 16, 2019.
Vladimir Zelensky and his wife Elena Zelenskaya attend the funeral of Leonid Kravchuk, the first president of independent Ukraine, May 17, 2022.
The First Lady of Ukraine also stated that her son undertook to give his father military advice.
‘[My son] growing up political scientist, he knows everything, gives military advice, and his father too … What tanks, planes, helicopters to buy, what we lack.
“Which countries help us badly, which help well. He is a military expert, you can talk to him about it for months. “
The Ukrainian president and first lady have been married for almost two decades.
They grew up in the same city, in Kryvyi Rih, but met only in adulthood, when mutual love for comedy led Zelensky to participate in Zelensky’s TV and entertainment campaign “Studio” Quarter 95 “” as the author of the comedy.
They married in 2003 and had two children.
The Ukrainian president and first lady have been married for almost two decades
Elena Zelenskaya says that the war did not change her husband, but only revealed to the world his qualities, including the determination to win
Ukraine is feeling this week from a new round of Russian missile strikes on civilian centers.
Eight missiles struck targets in Mykolayiv, a southern river port near the Black Sea, the country’s mayor said today, just days after Ukraine said Russian missiles had killed at least 18 people in a mall in downtown Kremenchuk.
More than 20 people are still missing as a result of a strike on a crowded shopping mall and are believed to have died after being caught in the hell that occurred, or being trapped.
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden announced today at the NATO summit in Madrid that the United States will set up a new permanent army headquarters in Poland and deploy additional ground, air and naval forces across Europe in response to heightened security threats from Europe. Russia against the background of the invasion of Ukraine.
The International Security Alliance has officially invited Sweden and Finland to join it in one of the biggest shifts in European security in decades after Turkey lifted its veto.
NATO’s expansion into the northern territories and the introduction of an enhanced US military presence in Europe directly contradict the security requirements that Moscow put forward before invading the neighboring country.
