Olena Zelenska Being Soft And Gentle Is Not Enough It Was The Scariest Year Of My Life

On the first anniversary of the outbreak of a full-scale war in Ukraine, Olena Zelenska gave an interview to TVP Info She talked about how the role of the first lady has changed over the past year.

“Fortunately, being first lady is not a position, so I can speak as a woman, wife and mother It was an extremely difficult year.

It's hard to even look back, but I'm glad we turned out to be strong Just look at Kyiv.

We don't just resist, we try to live Our businesses work, our children go to school,” she said in an interview for Tomasz Jędruchów.

"It's been a terrible year and I'm glad it's over I hope there will be a turning point eventually.

It was the scariest year of my life,” she added Olena Zelenska was asked how she feels in her new role when she actually has to perform diplomatic missions.

— I am not a diplomat, but I perform some missions, just like every person who represents Ukraine outside First ladies can use the so-called.

soft power We have two words here, "soft" and "strength", but let's focus on the latter.

When an aggressor enters your country and murders its citizens, being soft and gentle is not enough I don't need to be a diplomat, just speak the language of the people and better convey all the messages I want to convey, she stated.

The interviewer, Tomasz Dawid Jędruchów, pointed out that since the outbreak of the war, Olena Zelenska has been shown much less often with her husband “The situation forced us to do it.

It's always better for me when I can be next to him I think I do most of my missions very well.

It is always important to me that they not only listen to me, but also listen to me – she added Olena Zelenska was also asked about the most difficult challenge over the past year.

— The most important and the most difficult moment was the speech in the US Congress It was my first departure from Ukraine since the outbreak of the war.

Secondly, it was a precedent because I was the first wife of a president to appear before two chambers Thirdly, I had to convince our partners of the importance of Western assistance.

It was the hardest and most emotional moment for me,” he recalls The rest of the article is below the video: — I would like to thank Poland for accepting so many of our refugees.

Over the past year, whenever we regretted having such an aggressive neighbor, we were happy to have such a good friend as Poland on the other side, she confessed Later in the interview, she said that the situation is particularly difficult in places where evacuation is necessary.

“As a mother and wife, I often cannot understand why people don't want to evacuate, but on the other hand I understand why they don't want to leave their homes For many of them, home is the only thing they have left, a refuge of safety.

They often say "we'll only leave when our house is reduced to rubble," he recalls - We as a state can only convince, but people made the decision to leave.

Ukraine will not forcibly relocate people like Russia does, she added An employee of TVP Info also asked a rather personal question about the relationship with her husband.

Do you talk to your husband about the situation in Ukraine after work at home? We don't spend the evenings at home When we meet, we discuss everything.

He needs to talk about it because you can't keep everything inside It's a huge tension.

We can't help but talk about it," she replied At the end, the first lady of Ukraine addressed her compatriots living in Poland - Dear Ukrainians, we have experienced an extremely important and difficult year, but I believe that you will come back to us.

You will return to independent Ukraine I think we all need to be patient.

We look forward to your return, she pleaded .