Russia's invasion was starring in a TV show where a history teacher accidentally became the President of Ukraine just four years ago.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a former actor in the country and started a presidential campaign as a bit of a joke.
In the show, named 'Servant of the people', Zelenskyy's character unintentionally became leader after a video filmed by students of him ranting against corruption went viral.And following the show, Zelenskyy threw his hat into the political sphere and won a remarkable landslide victory in the last elections -despite having no political experience.It was Ukraine's most unorthodox presidential campaign in history as the comedian did not attend in-person campaign events and held no rallies reports the Mirror.
Instead, he used jokes to target pro-Russia leaning incumbent Petro Poroshenko by saying: "Why does Poroshenko want a second term?
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