In October 2020, just over a year after he was elected president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife, Olena Zelenska, took an official trip to Britain that included a visit to Buckingham Palace to meet with Prince William and his wife Catherine, now Princess of Wales. At the time, the Ukrainian President, like the Prince, wore the uniform of a peace time leader: a dark suit and tie and black shoes polished to a pristine glow.
Two and a half years later, things looked very different.
On Feb. 8, just before the anniversary of the war in Ukraine, Mr. Zelensky returned: meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, addressing Parliament and
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