Time's person of the year is Zelensky.
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It was pretty obvious that it was going to be him.
Would prefer Zaluzhny. Also as a president, for how Zelensky was an idiot who would complain in public for more than a month about the Americans desperately warning him that the Russians are coming to murder his people.
"White House Warnings Over Russia Strain Ukraine-U.S. Partnership" was actual New York Times headline from January:
There was a whole lot of this, from him personally and his administration.
He redeemed himself later, but Jesus Christ. Reminded me a lot of Rydz-Śmigły in 1939, that's not in how similarly they acted because they didn't at all but the sheer fucking stupidity in the face of a deadly threat.
Rydz-Śmigły later also kinda redeemed himself (at one point even stabbed a Gestapo agent to death with a cane blade after returning to Warsaw from London) but just no one cared about him at this point after the disgrace. I should also note that he took all responsibility for the disaster of September 1939 on himself.
When you put "Rydz-Śmigły" in Google bar in Poland, the first suggestion is "zdrajca" (traitor). Super harsh. It's also possible he was killed by his own (now rival) people who then staged a heart attack story.
Anyway:
He actually did have a TIME cover story: https://time.com/6216213/ukraine-military-valeriy-zaluzhny/