2019 Parliamentary Election UNIAN: Zelenskiy publicly calls Russia aggressor state By UNIAN. Published May 23, 2019 at 4:25 pm Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy waves to the crowd as he arrives for his inauguration ceremony in Kyiv on May 20, 2019. Photo by Volodymyr Petrov Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has publicly called the Russian Federation an aggressor state. Read more here.