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Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska is fighting on the front line: 'I am calm and confident'

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Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska has stepped up to the plate. (PHOTO: Instagram/ @olenazelenska_official)
Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska has stepped up to the plate. (PHOTO: Instagram/ @olenazelenska_official)

It's not a job she would ever have chosen. In fact, just three years ago Olena Zelenska was totally overwhelmed by the prospect of becoming Ukraine’s first lady.

The man she’d married was a comedian and entertainer, not a politician, and to make matters worse he hadn’t even bothered to inform his wife he was entering the presidential race – she found out about it on social media.

 “Why didn’t you tell me?” Olena, a scriptwriter and trained architect, asked Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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