DONETSK, Ukraine: When occupying Russian forces came knocking on doors in his small village in eastern Ukraine in late April to check the identities of residents, 64-year-old retiree Volodymyr Zelenskyy was terrified.

Then one of the Russian soldiers glanced at his passport and burst out laughing.

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