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Emrys

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24. All that is true. But also, if you watch his TV series "Servant of the People",

Mon Jun 2, 2025, 11:23 PM

Jun 2

it's very sophisticated satire, with echoes of the UK's "Yes, Minister"/"Yes, Prime Minister", and a radical depiction of the graft and inefficency in the Ukrainian regime at that time. The acting and production values are top-rate, as are the scripts.

It's also chilling to see Ukraine depicted in peacetime, in all its beauty, and how much the plot prefigured Zelensky's election. What it missed, obviously, was the second Russian invasion and Zelensky's transformation from a principled politician bewildered and frustrated by the state's dysfunction into a highly effective diplomat and wartime leader. And yes, that courage of his was in plain view when he refused to go into government in exile.

Many episodes are available on YouTube if it's not available on any other outlet wherever you are.

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I don't know how Zelensky keeps going, but he does. [View all] milestogo Jun 2 OP

Zelenskyy was an entertainer with brains, built a company without a rich daddy estate. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2 #1

He is a genuine hero. So much courage it gives me chills. nt Trueblue Texan Jun 2 #11

Amazing person JRS Jun 2 #21

Dude is a LEADER BOSSHOG Jun 2 #2

Supporting Ukraine has been the best bang-for-the-buck geopolitical play ever. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2 #3

You are right My Friend BOSSHOG Jun 2 #4

Russia gets its war with NATO. Sneederbunk Jun 2 #8

Saint Iamscrewed Jun 2 #5

More of a Rabbi mucifer Jun 2 #23

When the smoke clears after Russia is defeated, Ukraine is going to take its place as a great European power. flashman13 Jun 2 #6

Unless Trump cons and threatens him into ALBliberal Jun 2 #7

That won't happen. Zelinsky is no dupe. nt Trueblue Texan Jun 2 #12

Assuming that Russia is defeated quakerboy Jun 2 #18

And free w real elections. Putin could not risk a free ex-Soviet country outperforming him on his border Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2 #9

How will the country with the most nuclear weapons in the world be defeated? womanofthehills Jun 2 #10

Yes, it's horrifying. But it could all stop if Russia would withdraw. It is on them. They crossed the line in the sand Cheezoholic Jun 2 #20

He's like the energizer bunny William769 Jun 2 #13

It may be one of those things where BaronChocula Jun 2 #14

And the cherry on top . . . markpkessinger Jun 2 #15

Trump is a moronic bullshitter paleotn Jun 2 #19

France said the same about Washington paleotn Jun 2 #16

He comes from an educated family of engineers, some of whom died in the Holocaust, is a trained lawyer with a deep... NNadir Jun 2 #17

Well said. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2 #22

All that is true. But also, if you watch his TV series "Servant of the People", Emrys Jun 2 #24