Ukrainian leader drew upon his showmanship during UK trip to ask for ongoing support and place on agenda
, or strike up the same relationship as that forged by Johnson and Zelenskiy in the decisive opening days of the war. Except in stature, Sunak is no Tom Cruise.
Reports that Sunak on becoming prime minister adopted an accountant’s interest in the cost of war may have reflected a reasonable desire to protect the public purse, especially given the recent reports of corruption inside the Ukrainian ministry of defence, but some feared it denoted a change in style from his predecessors.
Zelenskiy has been acutely aware that somehow one year on he has to keep the war in the forefront of the wandering western mind. Earthquakes, domestic politics and music awards compete for the news agenda., Zelenskiy admitted: “People see this war on Instagram, on social media. When they get sick of it, they will scroll away.” He explained this was human nature and horrors have a way of making us close our eyes. “It’s a lot of blood,” he said. “It’s a lot of emotion.
Zelenskiy has sensed the world’s attention flagging, and this concerns his aides nearly as much as the Russian bombs. Most nights, when he scans his agenda, Time reported, his list of tasks has less to do with the war itself than with the way it is perceived. His mission is to make the free world experience this war the wayStanding in his fatigues next to the speakers of the Lords and Commonswas simple: “Do not forget Ukraine or this war in Europe.
So if the previous trip to the US had a purpose in stiffening the sinews of wavering Republicans, the visit to the UK was less about shoring up support. It was about gratitude, ceremony, and genuflection to the unique grit shown by Britain in the second world war, a theme of the more explicitly Churchillian speech he delivered in March by satellite.
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