Er Zelenskyj Ukraines bedste våben mod Putin? |Zelensky|Ukraine's||||Putin Ist Zelenskyj die beste Waffe der Ukraine gegen Putin? Is Zelenskyj Ukraine's best weapon against Putin?

Tre gange er han forsøgt myrdet ifølge internationale medier. ||||attempted to be|murdered|according to|| He has been assassinated three times, according to international media.

Men det stopper ham ikke i at fortsætte kampen. But that doesn't stop him from continuing the fight.

Han er Ukraines præsident, klædt i armygrønt - ||||||army green attire He is the President of Ukraine, dressed in army green

- og i krig mod en af verdens største militærmagter. ||||||||military powers - and at war with one of the world's greatest military powers.

Indtil for tre år siden levede Volodymyr Zelenskyj af - until||||||Volodymyr|| Until three years ago, Volodymyr Zelenskyj lived off

- at få folk til at grine. |||||laugh - making people laugh.

Nu er der dog ingen, der griner mere. ||||||laughs| Now, however, no one is laughing anymore.

Men hvordan ender en komiker som præsident - ||ends up||comedian||

- og hvordan vil han agere i krigen mod Putin? ||||act|||| - and how will he act in the war against Putin?

Volodymyr Zelenskyj bliver født i 1978 - Volodymyr Zelenskyj was born in 1978.

- og vokser op i en russisktalende familie i byen Kryvyi Rih - |||||Russian-speaking||||Kryvyi Rih|

- i den ukrainske sovjetrepublik. |||Soviet republic - in the Ukrainian Soviet Republic.

Men i forlængelse af Sovjetunionens sammenbrud - ||in continuation of||Soviet Union's|collapse But in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union

- opnår Ukraine selvstændighed i 1991. achieves||independence| - Ukraine gains independence in 1991.

Den unge Zelenskyj læser jura på universitetet. ||||law|| The young Zelenskyj is studying law at university.

Han færdiggør uddannelsen, men interessen ligger et andet sted. |completes the education|the education|||||| He is completing the program, but his interest lies elsewhere.

I 1997 danner Zelenskyj en teatergruppe med sine venner - |forms|||theater group||| In 1997, Zelenskyj forms a theater group with his friends

- som de kalder Kvartal 95 opkaldt efter kvarteret, hvor de voksede op. |||quarter|named|||||| - which they call Quarter 95, named after the neighborhood where they grew up.

Året efter deltager de i den store komik-tv-konkurrence KVN - ||participant|||||comedy|||KVN The following year, they participate in the big comedy TV competition KVN -

- i russisk stats-tv. |Russian|| - on Russian state television.

Zelenskyj og vennerne har succes, og i 2003 opretter de - ||the friends||success|||establishes| Zelenskyj and friends are successful, and in 2003 they create

- deres eget produktionsselskab, der får navnet Kvartal 95 Studio. ||production company|||||studio - their own production company, named Kvartal 95 Studio.

Zelenskyj bliver mere og mere kendt - Zelenskyj is becoming more and more well-known

- og i 2006 deltager han i ukrainske "Vild med dans" og vinder. ||||||||Dancing|| - and in 2006 he participated in the Ukrainian "Dancing with the Stars" and won.

Størstedelen af Zelenskys komik har hidtil været relativt ufarlig - The majority||Zelensky's|||so far|||harmless The majority of Zelensky's comedy has so far been relatively harmless

- men der sker en ændring i 2014. ||||change| - but there will be a change in 2014.

Mere symbolsk bliver det ikke. more|||| It doesn't get more symbolic than that.

Ukraines flag blev i dag strøget på Krim - |||||hoisted||Crimea Ukraine's flag was removed today in Crimea

- og erstattet med det russiske. |replaced||| - and replaced with the Russian one.

Rusland annekterer Krim - |annexes|Crimea Russia annexes Crimea

- og Zelenskyjs roller og komik begynder at blive mere politisk. |Zelensky's|||||||| - and Zelenskyj's roles and comedy start to become more political.

Kvartal 95 Studio producerer tv-serien "Folkets Tjener" - |||||The People's| Kvartal 95 Studio produces the TV series "Servant of the People"

- hvor Zelenskyj spiller en lærer, der bliver præsident. - where Zelenskyj plays a teacher who becomes president.

Serien er voldsomt populær og kører i tre sæsoner fra 2015. ||extremely||||||| The series is hugely popular and runs for three seasons from 2015.

I rollen som præsident gør Zelenskyj grin med - In the role of president, Zelenskyj makes fun of

- den politiske korruption i Ukraine, men også med Ruslands præsident. ||corruption||||||| - political corruption in Ukraine, but also with the President of Russia.

31\. marts 2018 begynder virkelighed og fiktionen så at smelte sammen. ||reality||the fiction|||to melt| 31\March 2018, reality and fiction begin to merge.

Et parti med samme navn som tv-serien "Folkets Tjener" - A party with the same name as the TV series "Servant of the People"

- bliver officielt registeret. ||registered - is officially registered.

Partiets leder, Ivan Bakanov - ||Ivan Bakanov|Bakanov

- er sjovt nok også direktør for Kvartal 95 Studio. |funny|||director||| - is also, funnily enough, the CEO of Kvartal 95 Studio.

Nytårsaften 2018 sker fiktionens og virkelighedens sammensmeltning - ||fiction's||reality|merging New Year's Eve 2018 sees the merging of fiction and reality

- da Zelenskyj på tv-kanalen 1+1 siger - - when Zelenskyj on TV channel 1+1 says

- at han vil være Ukraines næste præsident. - that he will be the next president of Ukraine.

Han vil være folkets mand og gøre op med landets korruption. He wants to be a man of the people and end corruption in the country.

21\. april 2019 vinder han over den siddende præsident Porosjenko - |wins against||||sitting||Poroshenko 21\. April 2019, he defeats the incumbent President Poroshenko

- med suveræne 73 % af stemmerne i valgets sidste runde. |sovereign||||election||round - with an overwhelming 73% of the votes in the final round of the election.

Der går kun 111 dage fra, Zelenskyj officielt træder ind i politik - |||||||officially enters||| It's only 111 days until Zelenskyj officially enters politics

- til han er præsident for Europas næststørste land. ||||||second largest| - until he's president of Europe's second largest country.

Han blev valgt med masser af stemmer - ||elected||lots of||votes He was elected with lots of votes.

- fordi ukrainerne var dødtrætte af deres politikere i 2019. |the Ukrainians||dead tired|||| - because Ukrainians were fed up with their politicians in 2019.

Anna Libak er uddannet sprogofficer, cand.mag. i russisk og samfundsfag - |Libak||educated|language officer|M.A.|M||||social studies Anna Libak is a trained language officer, MA. in Russian and social studies.

- og udlandsredaktør på Weekendavisen. |foreign editor||Weekend Newspaper - and foreign editor at Weekendavisen.

Han bliver valgt, fordi han har skrevet en tv-serie - |is|||||||| He is chosen because he has written a TV series

- som er ret politisk, men samtidig sjov. |||||at the same time|funny - which is quite political, but fun at the same time.

Forestil dig, at en krydsning mellem Anders Matthesen - Imagine||||crossbreed|||Anders Matthesen Imagine that a cross between Anders Matthesen

- og Anders Lund Madsen blev statsminister. - and Anders Lund Madsen became prime minister.

Efter tre måneder dukker Zelenskyjs navn op i internationale medier. |||emerges|Zelensky's||||| After three months, Zelenskyj's name appears in international media.

En kilde fra Trumps stab har bekræftet - |source||Trump's|team||confirmed A source from Trump's staff has confirmed

- at Trump ville tilbyde Ukraines præsident penge. |Trump||offer||| - that Trump would offer money to the Ukrainian president.

I en telefonsamtale skulle præsident Trump have forsøgt - ||phone call|||Trump||attempted In a phone conversation, President Trump allegedly tried to

- at afpresse Zelenskyj. |at the press| - to blackmail Zelenskyj.

Trump ville have hjælp til at undersøge modkandidat Bidens søn. ||||||investigate|opponent candidate|Biden's son| Trump wanted help investigating opponent Biden's son.

Hjemme i Ukraine falder Zelenskyjs popularitet. ||||Zelensky's| Back home in Ukraine, Zelenskyj's popularity is falling.

Manden, som gik til valg på at holde landets oligarker i kort snor - the man|||||||||oligarchs||| The man who campaigned on keeping the country's oligarchs on a short leash

- er blevet støttet af oligark og ejer af mediet 1+1, Ihor Kolomojskyj. ||supported||oligarch|||||Ihor|Kolomoisky - has been supported by oligarch and owner of the media outlet 1+1, Ihor Kolomojskyj.

Flere ansatte i regeringsstaben er hans venner og bekendte. |employees||government staff|||||acquaintances Several members of the government staff are his friends and acquaintances.

Og det er ikke blevet bedre med korruptionen. |||||||the corruption And corruption hasn't gotten any better.

I 2021 var Ukraine stadig Europas tredjemest korrupte land - |||||third most corrupt|corrupt| In 2021, Ukraine was still the third most corrupt country in Europe

- efter Rusland og Aserbajdsjan. |||Azerbaijan - after Russia and Azerbaijan.

Zelenskyjs navn dukker op i dokumenter, som viser - ||appears||||| Zelenskyj's name appears in documents showing

- at han og Kolomojskyj har haft et firma - - that he and Kolomojskyj have had a company

- der har foretaget millionhandler fra lande i skattely i 2012. he||made|million-dollar transactions||||| - who made multi-million dollar trades from tax haven countries in 2012.

Uden for landets grænser ulmer uroen også. ||||smolders|the unrest| Outside the country's borders, unrest is also simmering.

Siden annekteringen af Krim har det østlige Ukraine været centrum - |annexation|||||||| Since the annexation of Crimea, eastern Ukraine has been the center of the

- for flere uroligheder mellem Rusland og Ukraine - - for more unrest between Russia and Ukraine

- og Zelenskyj ville stoppe konflikten. ||||conflict - and Zelenskyj wanted to end the conflict.

Derfor rækker Zelenskyj allerede i 2019 en hånd ud til Vesten. |reaches|||||||| That's why Zelenskyj is already reaching out to the West in 2019.

Vesten tøver med at indfri ønsket, og Zelenskyj mødes med Putin |hesitates to|||fulfill the wish|||||| The West hesitates to grant the wish and Zelenskyj meets with Putin

- dog uden at få en løsning på konflikten. - but without resolving the conflict.

24\. februar 2022 bliver Zelenskyjs 2,5 år gamle spådom til virkelighed. |||||prediction||reality 24\February 2022, Zelenskyj's 2.5-year-old prediction will come true.

Krig i Europa er nu en realitet, efter at russerne invaderer Ukraine. ||||||reality||||invading| War in Europe is now a reality after the Russians invade Ukraine.

Siden invasionen er Zelenskyjs ansigt tonet frem på skærmen dagligt - |invasion||||toned|||screen| Since the invasion, Zelenskyj's face has appeared on the screen daily.

- og uniformen er skiftet ud. |the uniform||| - and the uniform has been replaced.

Han har haft et dyk i sin popularitet, som han har forvundet. ||||drop in|||||||regained He's had a dip in popularity that he's recovered from.

Han er stormende populær, efter krigen er gået i gang. ||stormingly||||||| He is wildly popular after the war has begun.

Putins fjende nr. 1 fortsætter med at opildne det ukrainske folk. ||||||incite||Ukrainian| Putin's No. 1 enemy continues to incite the Ukrainian people.

Det gør indtryk, når bomberne falder om ørerne på én - ||||the bombs||||| It makes an impression when the bombs fall around your ears

- og man ved, at man symboliserer en hel nations modstandskamp - |||||symbolizes|||nation|resistance struggle - and you know you symbolize the resistance of an entire nation

- mod en mægtig russisk hær, så han er trådt i karakter. ||mighty||army||||has stepped||character - against a mighty Russian army, so he's stepped up his game.

Han ser mere og mere udmattet ud, men ligner jo bare befolkningen - |||||exhausted|||looks||just| He looks more and more exhausted, but he looks just like the population

- for han ser også ud som en, der har tænkt sig at fortsætte. |||||||||thought|||continue on - because he also looks like someone who intends to keep going.

Hvad angår hans personlige skæbne, er Anna Libak ikke optimistisk. |concerns|||fate|||||optimistic As for his personal fate, Anna Libak is not optimistic.

Den tanke har man ikke lyst til at tænke til ende. that||||||||||finish It's a thought you don't want to think about all the way through.