Zelensky shows the simple bedroom at his office that he has called home since Russia invaded Ukraine | Business Insider

• Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the spartan room he has lived in since Russia invaded a yr in the past.
• The small room off his workplace comprises a single mattress, a sink, and different modest furnishings.
• Ukraine’s president gave a tour of his workplace to a journalist for a documentary marking a yr of the battle.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has primarily lived in a easy, austere room in his workplace since Russia invaded Ukraine a yr in the past.

“That is my residence, I stay right here,” Zelensky mentioned whereas giving journalist Dmytro Komarov a tour of his workplace as a part of a brand new documentary.

The small room comprises a single mattress, a sink, and different modest furnishings.

Zelensky recounted waking up at residence along with his household on the day of the invasion and the way he got here to his workplace, the place he has since spent most of his time as a wartime president.

“I like my household, however for me, as president, being right here was a precedence,” he mentioned.

In April of final yr, two months into the battle, Ukraine’s First Girl Olena Zelenska mentioned that she had not seen her husband in person for the reason that battle started.

Within the documentary, Zelensky additionally confirmed off his closet, crammed along with his now signature informal and principally khaki-coloured clothes, in addition to some fits that he mentioned he’s trying ahead to sporting after the battle.

He additionally confirmed the journalist the again room from which he made worldwide cellphone calls and spoke to dozens of world leaders on the morning of the invasion.

One chief he mentioned he didn’t communicate to was his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Zelensky mentioned that whereas he had made efforts to talk to Putin instantly earlier than the invasion, he had been repeatedly rebuffed.

When requested if he would now communicate to Putin, Zelensky mentioned: “No. Now I’m not prepared to speak to him.”

The Ukrainian president additionally defined why he selected to remain within the nation regardless of being warned that he was a goal and that he ought to pack up and go away.

“I did not take into consideration what would occur, about myself,” Zelenskyy mentioned. “Once more, this is not about bravery. I assumed concerning the penalties of my leaving and what would occur.”