Zelenskyy. Don't forget who he is....

[CousinIT]

During WWII, four brothers from the same Jewish family signed up to fight against the Nazis. Only one of the four survived. His grandson is President Zelenskyy.

https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/volodimir-zelenskij-rozpoviv-istoriyu-svoyeyi-rodini-pid-cha-59437

https://en.lb.ua/news/2019/05/09/7343_zelenskyy_ukrainians.html

President-elect Voldymyr Zelenskyy has come to his hometown of Kryvyy Rih to visit the grave of his grandfather who fought in World War II.

"Today I am at the grave of my grandfather Semen Ivanovych Zelenskyy. He fought in the war and remained forever in my memory one of those heroes who defended Ukraine from the Nazis. It’s a pity that we so rarely remember veterans, our grandparents. We should be grateful to them every day. Today is 9 May. This is our Thanksgiving Day. Thanks for the fact that the inhuman ideology of Nazism is gone for good. Thanks to those who fought against Nazism and won. Just thanks to everyone for the opportunity to be born and live," he said on Facebook.

He noted that this war affected every Ukrainian family and that Ukrainians made a huge contribution to the victory.

"The Ukrainian contribution to the victory is huge. No-one has the right to privatise this victory, to say that it could have happened without Ukrainians. We remember those who died. And we honour those who are still alive - very few of them are still there. Happy Day of Victory over Nazism!" Zelenskyy added.

[SheltieLover]

1. Kicking for visibility

[Cha]

2. Wow.. born to fight For

Freedom and Democracy!

[SunSeeker]

10. We're lucky to have him.

He is amazing. People Iike him don't come around too often.

[Cha]

13. Yes, We Are! Zelensky is on

the World Stage Fighting For Democracy and Freedom from Tyranny.. he and his Brave, Determined, indefatigable Troops and the whole Country!

[Spazito]

3. Very interesting...

Thanks for posting this.

[crickets]

4. K&R for visibility.

[brewens]

5. I wouldn't be surprised if that was about the average survival rate for guys joining the

Red Army early in the war. So many were captured and died in captivity along with poor tactics that got a lot of them killed.

[niyad]

6. KNR

[SWBTATTReg]

7. This is a man that is proof and evidence of what it takes to be courageous and upstanding for

the rule of law and common decency. The republicans and Russians are proving themselves to be the scumbags they truly are.

[calimary]

8. No kidding! He is courage personified.

Leaders like that don’t come along every day. He is a tall tower of a man.

[Boomerproud]

9. The real deal.

[Wild blueberry]

11. Thank you

[iluvtennis]

12. KnR. n/t

[Evolve Dammit]

14. Thank you. I did not know that

[Stuart G]

15. Kicking for visibility . K & R

[Evolve Dammit]

16. Thank you. I did not know that

[Raine]

17. I didn't know that .... Thank you! 🇺🇦Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦 nt

[MontanaMama]

18. Wow.

I had no idea.

[debm55]

19. Thank you.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

20. We need to support Ukraine in every way we can.

[TomSlick]

21. The Ukrainians are not a people to be trifled with.

The Ukrainian national anthem has a line: "We’ll not spare either our souls or bodies to get freedom and we’ll prove that we brothers are of Kozak kin."

"Kozak" is the Ukrainian word for Cossack. The greatest fear for a Kozak/Cossack was not death but living in bondage.

Sláva Ukrayíni!

[blue-wave]

22. Knowing his family history

Makes the Pooty and kremlin claim of Ukraine a country of nazis even more outrageous and infuriating.

[czarjak]

23. Russia, if you're listening.

[llmart]

24. Wow. What an interesting fact.

I did not know that.

I watched the interview on Netflix that Letterman did with him and am more impressed with him every day. He is a true patriot of democracy and we all benefit from his triumphs over fascism.