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President [[Donald Trump]] held back military equipment that the United States Congress approved to be sent to Ukraine in their fight against invasion by [[Russia]]. Trump wanted Zelenskyy to give him information related to an unfounded conspiracy theory. The conspiracy theory stated that when he was Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden pressured Ukraine. This pressure was supposedly meant to cause the firing of the top prosecutor of Ukraine to protect Biden's son Hunter, who worked for the Ukrainian gas company Burisma, from being investigated. This led to Donald Trump's first impeachment. | President [[Donald Trump]] held back military equipment that the United States Congress approved to be sent to Ukraine in their fight against invasion by [[Russia]]. Trump wanted Zelenskyy to give him information related to an unfounded conspiracy theory. The conspiracy theory stated that when he was Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden pressured Ukraine. This pressure was supposedly meant to cause the firing of the top prosecutor of Ukraine to protect Biden's son Hunter, who worked for the Ukrainian gas company Burisma, from being investigated. This led to Donald Trump's first impeachment. | ||
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| Birth | January 25, 1978 |
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Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (Володимир Олександрович Зеленський) is a politician who was a former actor and comedian. He has served as the sixth and current President of Ukraine since 2019.
Early life
Volodymyr Zelenskyy was born on January 25, 1978, in Soviet Ukraine to Jewish parents, Oleksandr Zelenskyy and Rymma Zelenska.
He earned a law degree from the Kryvyi Rih Institute of Economics, which was a department of Kyiv National Economic University at the time, although he never worked in the field of law.
Presidency
Volodymyr Zelenskyy was inaugurated as the sixth President of Ukraine on May 20, 2019.
President Donald Trump held back military equipment that the United States Congress approved to be sent to Ukraine in their fight against invasion by Russia. Trump wanted Zelenskyy to give him information related to an unfounded conspiracy theory. The conspiracy theory stated that when he was Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden pressured Ukraine. This pressure was supposedly meant to cause the firing of the top prosecutor of Ukraine to protect Biden's son Hunter, who worked for the Ukrainian gas company Burisma, from being investigated. This led to Donald Trump's first impeachment.
