When Vladimir Putin launched
his brutal war against Ukraine
and Ukrainians needed their and Ukrainians needed their
leader, Volodymleader, Volodymyr Zelen-yr Zelen-
sky’s words echoed around the sky’s words echoed around the
world: “The President is here.” world: “The President is here.”
In President Zelensky, the In President Zelensky, the
people of Ukraine have a leader people of Ukraine have a leader
worthy of their bravery and reworthy of their bravery and re--
silience, as citizens across the silience, as citizens across the
country—country—shopkeepers and solshopkeepers and sol--
diers, tailors and truck drivers—diers, tailors and truck drivers—
fight for their homfight for their homes and their es and their
freedomfreedom. Each tim. Each time we speak, e we speak,
I hear in President Zelensky’s I hear in President Zelensky’s
voice the relentless determvoice the relentless determinaina--
tion of a mtion of a man who believes pro-an who believes pro-
foundly in his duty to his peo-foundly in his duty to his peo-
ple, and lives up daily to the ple, and lives up daily to the
solemsolemn responsibility of leading n responsibility of leading
his nation through this dark and his nation through this dark and
diffidifficult hour. cult hour.
The nations of the free world, The nations of the free world,
inspired by the examinspired by the example of Presple of Pres--
ident Zelensky, are mident Zelensky, are more united, ore united,
mmore determore determined, and mined, and more ore
purposeful than at any point in purposeful than at any point in
recent mrecent mememory. Wory. With the supith the sup--
port of the U.S. and our allies port of the U.S. and our allies
and partners, he has left his and partners, he has left his
mmark on history and proved to ark on history and proved to
the world that Ukraine will long the world that Ukraine will long
endure and its people will ultiendure and its people will ulti--
mmately realize the demately realize the democratic ocratic
future they have long desired.future they have long desired.
Biden is President of the Biden is President of the
United StatesUnited States
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ZelenskyZelenskyZelensky
DemDemocratic defenderocratic defender
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PHOTOGRAPH BY CAMILA FALQUEZ FOR TIMEBANDIAL SOURCE PHOTO: SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN54 Time June 6/June 13, 2022