BOSTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is among five people named Thursday as recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for acting to protect democracy. Zelenskyy was chosen because of the way he has “marshaled the spirit, patriotism and untiring sacrifice of the Ukrainian people in a life-or-death fight for their country,” as Russia pours in troops and assaults cities and towns , the John F.
Highlights
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is among five people named Thursday as recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for acting to protect democracy.
- The award was created by the family of the late president to honor public figures who risk their careers by embracing unpopular positions for the greater good.
- Four U.S.
- officials were chosen for standing up for free and fair elections, as the system is challenged in ways it has never been before.
- The awards will be presented May 22 at the Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Boston, in honor of the Ukraine war and national elections, the foundation says.
- The winners are Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Fulton County, Georgia,