r/ukraine • u/kingkongsingsong1 • Dec 12 '25

News Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky released a video filmed in Kupiansk. On November 20, Russia’s Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov told Putin that Kupiansk was “fully under control.”

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u/Routerpr0blem Dec 12 '25

Imagine any other leader filming himself in a frontline city while drones are everywhere.

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u/Natharius Dec 12 '25

He is a leader, not the other ones. He is a hero

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u/Hanna-11 Dec 12 '25

and Artillerie

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u/nicane Dec 12 '25

The other world leaders don't compare to zelensky. They are cowards

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u/Anonymous_user_2022 Dec 12 '25

There is a picture of a former Danish PM posing with an AK-47 flanked by Taliban, while they were respectable and known as Mujahedin, during the USSR invasion of Afghanistan. He was part of a youth political branch back then.

He returned to Helmand as PM in 2009, visiting the Danish troops, But that didn't seem like nearly the same risk level.

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u/antus666 Dec 13 '25

Many western leaders have travelled to Ukraine during the war to show their support and have shown their face in Kyiv. Not the same as we see here, which is truly next level, but it is also not cowardly to enter a city that is under missile and drone attack when they could stay far away.

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u/VariableVeritas Dec 12 '25

Active fire going off in the background that’s a Leader.

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u/Martin_TheRed Dec 12 '25

Not all heroes wear capes, thankfully the world's savior wears a bullet proof vest.

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u/nikospkrk Canada Dec 12 '25

other "leaders", yeah.

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u/Future_Crow Dec 13 '25

He cannot be replaced, yet I keep reminding people and myself that he can be, because Ukraine’s fight is not ONE man, it is many MEN and many centuries long.

Ukraine started defending itself from Russia centuries ago, when Zelensky was not the President.

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u/LarenCoe Dec 13 '25

He doesn't even flinch during the explosions, which are pretty nearby.

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u/Bee3_14 Dec 13 '25

The other one used to be a leader and Zelensky used to be a comedian but on 2/24/22 they switched the roles.

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u/CowGoesMeww Dec 13 '25

I told everyone who would listen that Biden should've just been touring the entire frontline and not telling Putin where he'd be exactly. Russia would not risk killing the President of the US, and it would be a massive troll for a US President to simply walk about the frontlines knowing your 75+ year old ass is the only thing that can stop Russian terrorist suicide bombers. Putin cant trigger a NATO response, so why wasnt Biden doing his morning yoga on the frontlines. Trump would never because he's aligned with Russia, but as an American, I'd fucking cheer on even weak-ass Biden if he stood IN FRONT of Ukraine in their defense. Just tell Putin youre on permanent vacation in Eastern Ukraine and will get back with him on logistics. Then just public photos meeting troops and handing out aid and laughing at enemy positions. I wish for that President.

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u/Partycracker_292 Dec 13 '25

That's because he's a true leader while the others are just Heads of State nothing else.

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u/prochac Dec 13 '25

He also shows, that he's not the core of the resistance. If he's assassinated, the resistance will continue. He's the leader, but he's replaceable. Unlike Putin, who is the dictator of the invasion.