Ukrainian President and First Lady reveal war feelings in American Vogue
First Lady Olena Zelenska and her husband, President Volodymyr Zelensky, featured together in American Vogue.
The author of the pictures is the legendary British photographer Annie Leibovitz, who was spotted in Kyiv at the beginning of July.
Olena Zelenska posed not only on the President's Office's sidelines but also against the destroyed "Mriya" background.
In addition to the shoot, the couple told the publication how the war affected their family. Olena admitted that the separation from her children greatly impacted her husband.
"He's having a much harder time in this regard. He suffers. And then my kids do, too, because they can't see each other," said Olena.
"Like any ordinary man, I have been worried sick about them, about their safety. I didn't want them to be put in danger," he said. "It's not about romance. It's about horrors that were happening here in Kyiv's outskirts and all those horrors that are happening now in our country, in occupied territories," he said. "But of course I've been missing them. I've wanted to hug them so much. I've wanted to be able to touch them," Volodymyr revealed his feelings about the children.
The president does not hide that he is proud of his wife.
"She has a strong personality to start with. And probably she is stronger than she thought she was. And this war—well, any war is probably bound to bring out qualities you never expected to have," the President proudly stated and continued, "Of course she is my love. But she is my greatest friend," he said. "Olena really is my best friend. She is also a patriot and she deeply loves Ukraine. It's true. And she is an excellent mother."
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