About his status of the wife of the president
In the summer of 2024, the first lady of Ukraine admitted that she could never think that her husband would be president.
“When I met him in my youth, I never thought that he would get just a TV star at first, then the actor of the movie, and all our stages of life together were never expected for me,” she said. “It was something incredible. Just life with my husband prepared me for any changes-they are always possible. But I’m always terrible. That's it is just not even a terrible period-it’s just a terrible period. Our life, but all the trials that he suggested to me all his life to pass with him – of course, at first I had fear. “
She added that each of the stages of her life made her stronger and demanded development.
“And I am very grateful to him for this,” the wife of the Ukrainian president admitted.
About love in marriage
In the same interview, Zelenskaya stated that their marriage could not hold out on one love.
“Love, I’m sure, is not enough. And I am happy that I can respect him. Because it would be very difficult for me to stay with him even if great love, if I had not believed in his honesty, was not proud of his decency, since I am doing it now,” she said.
About separate accommodation
In June 2024, Zelenskaya admitted that she and her husband had a “complex married life.”
“Because we do not live together. He lives in the office, and we are separately. Of course, we really want this to change. The family needs a normal life, children need a father more often than they can afford to see him. And he seems to be tired of such a lifestyle, this is not entirely right. But when you remember that hundreds of thousands of families live now, if not millions are divided, someone can not complain here. At least we can see each other, ”said the wife of the Ukrainian president.
She also added that, despite the separate accommodation, everything is fine with her husband with her husband.
“We don’t bother each other – this is 100 %,” Zelenskaya admitted. “We miss each other, and we do not have time to angry each other in such a way as to quarrel. Therefore, we will almost not quarrel lately.”
About her husband's health
In the fall of 2024 Zelenskaya in an interview with Italian publication La Repubblica She admitted that a full -scale war negatively affected the health of her husband, Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky.
According to the president’s wife, Zelensky is experiencing significant stress due to war, and because of large physical and emotional stress, his back often hurts. Zelenskaya emphasized that “1000 days of the war tempered her husband,” but at the same time “stress destroys his back.”
About the second presidential term
In January 2025, Zelenskaya said she would support her husband’s decision to run for a second presidential term.
“It seems to me that I, as a wife, should support any solution. It will be popular in our family or not a different question. It seems to me that the second time is not as scary as the first, therefore …” said the first lady of Ukraine. “Of course, I would not want to live in this emotional state. This is the exhausting period. The most difficult period in our life and personal.”
She added that the worst period in their life began after the aggressor of the Russian Federation made a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to Zelenskaya, if in their family it comes to the presidential election, this will mean that “the hot phase of the war has ended.”
“This is already a positive sign, and there, in principle, I don’t care. And I will support any choice and will rejoice, probably,” she added.
Context
Vladimir Zelensky and Elena Kiyashko (before marriage) met in the school years. In 2003, they got married. The couple has two children. The daughter of Alexander was born in 2004, the son of Cyril in 2013.
Zelensky officially took office President of Ukraine May 20, 2019. Before that, he was the head of the Kvartal 95 studio, and his wife was a screenwriter in this project.
After a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation to Ukraine, which began in February 2022, Zelenskaya and the children remained in Ukraine.
In September 2023, in an interview with BBC, Zelenskaya said that because of the war, their family was divided and she and her children now live separately from her husband.
