Elena Shoptenko
In pair with at that time, the 16-year-old Ukrainian choreographer Elena Choptenko, 28-year-old Zelensky, became the winner of the show “Dancing with Zirki” on “1+1” in 2006.
“I remember our first rehearsal. He was a very diligent” student “. Stars are often closed and arrogant, but in it I did not see this. He was an absolute simple, open, sincere person who tried very hard at rehearsals. I have never heard from him “I will not do this”, “I do not want” or “it's hard for me.” It was important for him to do everything 100%. I thought that I was very lucky with a partner. He moved well, ”Schoptenko admitted in September 2025 in an interview with Focus.
According to Shoptenko, she was struck by Zelensky’s reaction to the victory of their couples in this show.
“When our pair was declared winners, he grabbed me in his arms and just ran somewhere. I don’t understand how this happened. Then he fell to his knees. We had such a relief that everything was already behind. This project was special for everyone-fateful for many people, including for me. Life literally changed to and after,” the artist added.
Elena Kravets
Ukrainian actress Elena Kravets before the election of Zelensky by the president for many years played the role of his wife in concert numbers of the Kvartal 95 studio, which he then headed.
Kravets and Zelensky on the screen very realistically depicted a married couple in different life situations, including playing the theme of marital sex.
At the same time, Zelensky and Kravets united not only work, but also family relations. The actress is the godfather of Elena Zelenskaya, and her husband, producer Sergei Kravets, baptized the eldest daughter of Zelensky-20-year-old Alexander. Both baptisms took place on the same day. Kravets in October 2019 talked about this in an interview with the ex-host of “Svitsky Zhitty” on “1+1” Katya Osadcha.
In April this year on the air TSN Kravets told how communication with Zelensky and his family changed after the start of a full -scale war.
“I am not at all objective relative to him. I see him as a person with whom I grew up. With whom it is connected by a very many years of my life. It’s hard for me to evaluate it as a politician, because I see a person. Each time I remember how it was. I really see by facial expressions and I understand that anger is simply colossal, ”Kravets admitted.
She added that she rarely writes to Zelensky very rarely.
“I am writing when I can’t keep it in myself. When I just want to mentally hold my hand, say:“ There are many who are with you nearby. You are not the only one, ”she emphasized.“ It seems to me that support is important at such moments. ”
Kravets admitted that in response to her messages, Zelensky briefly writes: “ATP”.
Julia Mendel
In June 2019, Ukrainian journalist Julia Mendel became a press secretary of Zelensky, winning a competition for this position (about 4 thousand people took part in it). She worked in this position for two years – Zelensky fired Mendel In the summer of 2021.
After dismissal, she wrote a book about her work in the presidential office called “each of us the president.”
In the summer of 2023, Mendel, in an interview with Ukrainian journalist Alina Dorotyuk, said that the former deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kirill Tymoshenko did not give her workb and prevented direct communication with the president.
According to Mendel, the largest conflict between her and Tymoshenko arose on the eve of the first foreign visit of Zelensky. She emphasized that Tymoshenko did not allow her to communicate with the president directly, acting as an intermediary in their communication, but then she managed to organize and prepare an interview with Zelensky for the press. Mendel noted that the preparation took place at the president of the house. Mendel said that due to the fact that Tymoshenko did not allow her to work, her journalists Heil.
Context
Zelensky officially took office of the President of Ukraine on May 20, 2019.
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.
After a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation to Ukraine, Zelenskaya and the children remained in Ukraine. The daughter of Zelensky in the fall of 2022 became a student.
