The Ukrainian writer, poet and musician Serhiy Zhadan became the Man of the Year according to the Polish edition of Gazeta Wyborcza.

Originally from the Luhansk region, Zhadan has been living in Kharkiv for many years, and did not leave it, despite the mortal danger. He stayed in the city to volunteer and raise the morale of the townspeople.. In addition, he writes articles about the war for Western newspapers and gives interviews..

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Among the candidates for the title of person of the year, in addition to Zhadan, were President Volodymyr Zelensky, Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk, the mayors of Kyiv, Mariupol, Nikolaev and Kharkov, Ukrainian commanders and diplomats, soldiers and rescuers.

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Zhadan thanked the editors for the recognition and expressed his conviction that with such international support, Ukraine should definitely defeat Russia.

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" Although I perfectly understand the whole convention of this definition - now all Ukrainians who are fighting for their country, working for it, are People of the Year, people with a capital letter. Honor and happiness to live next to them at the same time and in the same country. And many thanks to the Polish people for their support and help. Together we will defeat the evil empire,"

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