Donnacha Ó Beacháin
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For four years Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been Ukraine’s commander and communicator in chief during its struggle against Russia's genocidal invasion I tried to convey some of his character and challenges in this short video broadcast on Irish TV during his historic visit last week Part 2 in comments
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1 day ago by @thisiscarterbrown "thisiscarterbrown: TLDR: Jesus. Jesus is how. And if that really triggers you, please take it to God in meditation. Don’t get upset with me. No amount of trying to educate me in the comments will get the toothpaste back in the tube for me. I was born..." Thread 2👇