The Bloomberg 50: Volodymyr Zelensky listed among most influential people of 2022

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky entered the list of the 50 most influential people in the world in 2022, according to Bloomberg.

This is reported on the agency's website.

"…Volodymyr Zelensky rejected US offers to help him escape at the start of the war and used nightly social media appeals to convince Ukrainians that they would win. Zelensky, who rose to fame as an actor after playing an accidental president on a hit TV show, has used his talents as an entertainer to perform before parliaments around the world and garner support for their nation's struggle. It worked," the publication said.

It is noted that the Ukrainian forces, which were initially inferior to the enemy in terms of armaments, pushed out the russian troops from the Kyiv region and then in the northeast thanks to the supply of weapons and financial support from the United States, Europe, and other allies. In November, the Ukrainian military won a significant victory, recapturing Kherson, the only regional center captured by russian forces during the invasion.

But, as the article notes, the war is far from over.

"russian president volodymyr putin has hinted that he may resort to nuclear weapons to try to force Ukraine — and the West — into a deal that would allow him to keep some of his gains. The post-war recovery of Ukraine's devastated economy is expected to cost more than $340 billion," the agency writes.