Ukraine’s new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a comedian with no previous political experience, admitted yesterday that his initial days in office have been “a bit of a shock”.
“There’s a lot of work,” the 41-year-old told AFP on the sidelines of an international book fair in the capital Kyiv.
Zelenskiy, who won a landslide victory last month, reiterated his pledge to move out of the presidential offices in a hulking Soviet-era building in centre city.
“I do not like the atmosphere, the building,” said Ukraine’s sixth president since independence with the collapse of the Soviet Union.
“So we’ll think what to do about it,” he …read more
Source: Gulf times
