On Sunday night, Volodymyr Zelenskiy jumped up and down on stage as exit poll results flashed on a giant screen behind him. He now knew he would be Ukraine’s next president. Zelenskiy kissed his wife, high-fived his team, and turned around to send his first message via hundreds of reporters and TV cameras that crammed his election headquarters. It was meant for the post-Soviet countries: “Look at us, anything is possible.”
2019 Presidential Election
OP-ED
Katya Gorchinskaya: Zelenskiy faces a real test
Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a news conference at his campaign headquarters following a presidential election in Kyiv on April 21, 2019.
