{"id":3037,"date":"2025-04-20T08:50:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T08:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=3037"},"modified":"2025-04-20T08:50:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T08:50:40","slug":"volodymyr-zelenskyys-wife-shares-news-on-abducted-children-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=3037","title":{"rendered":"Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s wife shares news on abducted children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"151\"><strong data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"151\">From Comedian to President: The Story of Volodymyr and Olena Zelenskyy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"428\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy began as a comedian, became president, and is now one of the world&#8217;s most recognized leaders following Russia\u2019s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Throughout the war, he has remained a symbol of resilience, supported closely by his wife, First Lady Olena Zelenska.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"430\" data-end=\"666\">Olena, though less visible than her husband, has been a steady force. She\u2019s worked to bring normalcy to Ukrainian life, recently speaking out about the abduction of over 19,000 Ukrainian children to Russia\u2014only 1,227 have been returned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"668\" data-end=\"964\">Born a week apart in Kryvyi Rih, the couple met in university. Olena, a writer, helped Volodymyr with his comedy career, including the hit show <em data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"835\">Servant of the People<\/em>, where he ironically played a teacher-turned-president. The show ended in 2019 when Zelenskyy became Ukraine\u2019s actual president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"966\" data-end=\"1161\">As First Lady, Olena has focused on children\u2019s health and school nutrition reforms. Inspired by countries like Japan, she has worked with the Ukrainian Ministry of Health to improve school meals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1163\" data-end=\"1431\">When war broke out in 2022, Olena and their two children went into hiding. Though physically apart due to security, the couple remained emotionally close. Olena revealed their relationship was &#8220;on pause,&#8221; like many Ukrainian families, but their bond has only deepened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1433\" data-end=\"1676\">She\u2019s also advocated for women in business and raised international awareness about the war&#8217;s human toll. Appearing on Italy&#8217;s <em data-start=\"1560\" data-end=\"1579\">Quarta Repubblica<\/em>, she stressed the importance of global support, condemning attempts to legitimize the aggressor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1678\" data-end=\"1843\">Olena continues to fight for the return of abducted children through the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, now supported by 41 countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Comedian to President: The Story of Volodymyr and Olena Zelenskyy Volodymyr Zelenskyy began as a comedian, became president, and is now one of the world&#8217;s most recognized leaders following Russia\u2019s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Throughout the war, he has remained a symbol of resilience, supported closely by his wife, First Lady Olena Zelenska. Olena,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=3037\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s wife shares news on abducted children&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3038,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3037\/revisions\/3038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}