EU leaders have invited Ukrainian TV comic Volodymyr Zelensky to Berlin and Brussels after he became the country's new president in a landslide victory on Sunday (21 April).
They pledged further "support" to Ukraine against Russian aggression and urged the political newcomer to pursue pro-Western reform.
But for some Ukrainian commentators his victory marked Ukraine's "exit from reality" in dangerous times.
"I would be glad to welcome you soon in Berlin and I wish you good...
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