The rise of Volodymyr Zelensky from an entertainer to the president of Ukraine is explored in two biographies "The Showman" by Simon Shuster and "Zelensky: Ukraine's President and His Country" by Steven Derix and Marina Shelkunova.

Moshe Reuven Azman, the rabbi who heads Kyiv's Brodsky Synagogue, has emerged as an influential Jewish leader providing humanitarian relief in Ukraine following the Russian invasion.