Sunday 19 June 2022 09:07 PM 'Thank you, our heroes': Zelensky issues Father's Day message for those who ... trends now
President Zelensky celebrated the 'heroes' defending Ukraine in an Instagram post to mark Father's Day.
The Kyiv leader, a father-of-two, posted a series of images of brave fathers taken during the war.
He wrote: 'Being a father is a great responsibility and a great happiness.
'It is strength, wisdom, motivation to go forward and not to give up.
Father-of-two Zelensky is pictured with wife Olena, both 44, at a funeral in May 2022
Mr Zelensky shared a series of images showing the valiance of Ukrainian fathers in the war
'And no matter how difficult it is – to protect and defend the most precious.'
The Ukrainian president and his wife Olena attend a state dinner hosted in Tokyo, 2019
Mr Zelensky added: 'The future of your family, your children, and therefore the whole of Ukraine.
'Thank you, our heroes.'
Twelve hours after it was published, the post had more than 435,000 likes.
Volodymyr and wife Olena Zelenska, both 44, have two a daughter, Oleksandra, 17, and a son Kyrylo, nine.
Ms Zelenska left Kyiv with their two children at the start of the war.
They fled to an undisclosed location in Ukraine away from the capital.
Last month Ms Zelenska said she was keeping them with her while her husband deals with the mountainous task of leading a country in the midst of a war.
'Luckily we were able to organize our lives in such a way that they didn't have to go anywhere, and I didn't have to go anywhere from them,' she said.
'Of course, [Oleksandra] is a school graduate, we are all worried.
