Our heroes and antic giants

By all appearances for five years now Volodymyr Zelensky has been following by  footsteps of the history's greatest figures.

Even if he had suffered defeat and found impossible to defend his country's freedom, his name would imprinted in annals of history alongside of names of   Hamilcar Barca and Hannibal, the leaders and warriors who, two millennia ago, waged a similarly desperate struggle for their nation's liberty against the advance of the Roman Empire. For this very reason Theodor Mommsen,the renowned historian of the last century who extensively studied and wrote about antiquity stated Hamilcar Barca as "as possible the greatest man in world history."

Because toady as Igor Eidman aptly noted Zelensky is successfully withstanding pressure from the leaders of the world's two most powerful states: Russia and the United States.

Clearly, this man's greatness rests upon the greatness and fearlessness of the Ukrainian people (in this regard, he has been far more fortunate than Hamilcar and Hannibal, who were constantly betrayed by Carthage's cowardly and greedy elite); nevertheless, anyone else in his position would likely have abandoned the post long ago.

Since the  beginning of the "Special Military Operation," I have consistently maintained and written that Zelensky is a great politician.

Today, I am delighted that Kyrgyzstan has found its own hero—one who, while not yet comparable to Zelensky, however he is already recognized by the world as an indomitable fighter for Kyrgyzstan's freedom. That man is Bolot Temirov.