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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy holds a press conference at the forum ‘Ukraine. Year 2025’ … More in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 23, 2025 (Photo by Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images). NurPhoto via Getty Images Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s leadership skills have been constantly tested since Russia invaded his country in 2022. How he has led Ukraine during a challenging and stressful time in its history provides important crisis leadership lessons for corporate executives. “Zelensky hasn’t just held Ukraine together, but forged a leadership archetype built on resilience, clarity, and moral velocity. This is not just a a model suitable for wartime…It’s a new standard for leading through chaos,” Irina Tsukerman, president of Scarab Rising which provides political risk assessment and geopolitical analysis, told me via email. One of Zelensky’s initial leadership lessons is the importance of having the right priorities when a crisis strikes. Soon after Russia attacked Ukraine, Zelensky turned down an offer from the United States to be evacuated from the capital city of Kyiv, CNN reported. “The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride,” Zelensky told the U.S. Another of his early crisis management lessons is to set the record straight when others try to distort the facts of a crisis. A video that showed “a rendering of the Ukrainian president appearing to tell his soldiers to lay down their arms and surrender the fight against Russia, [was] a so-called deepfake that ran about a minute long,” according to NPR. Zelensky responded to the disinformation by posting his own video entitled “do not believe the fakes,” in which he announced that “I am here. We are not putting down arms. We will be defending our country, because our weapon is truth, and our truth is that this is our land, our country, our children, and…