The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, which began on February 24 this year, has impacted economies and people’s lives across the globe. While it is yet unknown when this war will end, TIME’s magazine, a US-based publication, named Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and “the spirit of Ukraine” as its 2022 person of the year on Wednesday.
Ukrainians have been hailed by the publication for the sheer strength and courage displayed against the Russian invasion of their country.
“Zelensky’s success as a wartime leader has relied on the fact that courage is contagious. It spread through Ukraine’s political leadership in the first days of the invasion, as everyone realized the President had stuck around. If that seems like a natural thing for a leader to do in a crisis, consider historical precedent,” read an excerpt from the magazine.