Olena Zelenska: Ukraine’s first lady emerges as a staunch defender of her nation on social media

CNN — Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, posted an open letter addressed to the world’s media on Tuesday, detailing what she described as the “mass murder of Ukrainian civilians.” In recent weeks Zelenska has repeatedly used social media to highlight the plight of her nation, yet none have been quite as direct as her recent post, which ends with the rallying cry: “We will win. “Despite assurances from Kremlin-backed propaganda outlets, who call this a ‘special operation’ – it is, in fact, the mass murder of Ukrainian civilians.” Before the Russian invasion, Zelenska campaigned on numerous issues, including children's nutrition. I realized how everything would change, and what difficulties we would have to face.” She spoke of adjusting to life in the public sphere, but expressed her determination to protect her children, saying: “Let them choose how they want to live.” In the three years since assuming the role of first lady, she has accompanied her husband on numerous official visits around the world, including to the USA, Japan and France. No aggressor in the world can prevent them from winning the battle against the disease!” In her open letter she reiterated her husband’s demand for a no-fly zone, adding: “Ukraine is stopping the force that may aggressively enter your cities tomorrow under the pretext of saving civilians.” “If we don’t stop Putin, who threatens to start a nuclear war, there will be no safe place in the world for any of us.”