Lex Fridman calls Zelenskyy a hero for staying in Kyiv - clip from Lex Fridman Podcast #456 with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Guest bio: Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the President of Ukraine. This episode is available in English, Ukrainian, and Russian. Captions and voice-over audio tracks are provided in English, Ukrainian, Russian, and the original mixed-language version, with subtitles available in your preferred language. To listen to the original mixed language version, please select the English (UK) audio track audio track. The default is English overdub.

The question, the next question is very simple. Region, Kursk region, the operation there. Did Putin, was Putin in Kursk during, during four months? No. Listen, I have tremendous respect for you, admiration for many reasons, one of which is you stayed in Kiev and another one is that you visit the front and you talk to the soldiers in the front and you talk to people all across Ukraine. Absolutely, tremendous respect for that. So, and not enough people say that, you know, I had a conversation with Tucker Carlson, for example, and, you know, I said that you're a hero for staying in Kiev. And he said, well, he just did a thing that every leader should do. But I think not enough leaders do the thing that every leader should do. So, tremendous respect. I agree with you totally. Yes, a leader should go to the front.