VOLODYMYR Zelensky has revealed the modest room he lives in away from his family as he heroically leads the fight against Vladimir Putin.
The wartime leader has been holed up in a bunker surrounded by a ring of steel in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv for a year.
As Putin unleashed his troops into Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Zelensky rushed to the Bankova, the country's equivalent of Downing Street.
The concrete office block has housed the Ukrainian President ever since that day.
He told Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Komarov: "I love my family but for me as president, being here was a priority.
"I packed up very quickly and came here.
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"Everywhere in the corridors was dark.
"This is my home. I've lived here for a year."
Zelensky, 45, has now given an insight into the room he calls home away from his wife and two children.
He gave Komarov a tour of the bunker, showing off his wartime wardrobe, filled with the khaki military fatigues he has become synonymous with.
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Zelensky said: "I have a small wardrobe here. The clothes are all similar.
"Such casual things. I just don't use suits right now."
But a the edge of the rail, Zelensky revealed he keeps a suit as a "symbol that the war will end soon".
He added: "We will win soon, so we will wear suits again."
Zelensky also showed his bedroom, with its single bed and modest furniture a far cry from the luxuries most would expect a President would enjoy.
A small flat-screen TV is attached to the wall in front of his bed, accompanied by a sink and a few other pieces of furniture.
He also told how he is used to keeping the lights off in an attempt to avoid being threatened by an attack.
Meanwhile, in his office, he keeps a photo of himself and his family on his desk from before the war.
As he continues to heroically lead his country through Putin's barbaric invasion, Zelensky rarely gets to see his wife Olena, daughter Aleksandra, 19, and son Kiril, ten.
On the first anniversary of the war on Friday, Zelensky teared up as he opened up about life away from his loved ones.
He said: "My wife and my children are the most important people for me.
"I don't get to see them very often but I am very happy to have this family.
"The most important thing is to make them proud of me."
Having made his office his home for the past year, Zelensky has become the epitome of an unlikely hero – going from a goofball actor to drawing comparisons with Britain's great wartime leader Winston Churchill.
Widely seen as a political outsider and anti-establishment figure, he won a shock victory in the 2019 election – running on a pledge to end the conflict between Ukraine and Russia that Putin started by annexing Crimea in 2014.
He was reasonably popular domestically, and had brief appearances on the world stage – including notoriously being drawn into Donald Trump's first impeachment trial after he was accused of trying to blackmail Ukraine.
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But now one-year on from Vlad's very real invasion of Ukraine, the former actor is now known the world over for his charisma and steely determination.
With his gruff demeanor, penchant for military fatigues, uncropped stubble, and a fearless look in his eyes, Zelensky has transformed from a TV star playing at politics to an international hero.
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