Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky was a comedian with no political experience when he announced that he would be running in Ukraine's 2019 presidential election. Six years later, and he is now an embattled wartime leader and a symbol of Ukrainian defiance of Russian aggression.

After Trump called Zelensky a “dictator” and began talks with Russia, even some of Zelensky’s harshest domestic critics have begun defending him.

Donald Trump’s brazen overtures towards Russia have publicly blindsided Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky. And he has begun to show his anger. On Tuesday February 18th Mr Zelensky cancelled a long-planned trip to Saudi Arabia,