Zelensky and Ukraine Receive Four Freedoms Award

In Middelburg, Netherlands, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian people received the International Four Freedoms Award on Thursday, recognizing their courage and resilience in the face of Russia's full-scale invasion that began more than four years ago. The ceremony, held at the New Church in the Dutch province of Zeeland, honored several recipients under the auspices of the Roosevelt Foundation, which was established in 1982 to commemorate the four fundamental freedoms outlined by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1941 State of the Union address: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

Hugo de Jonge, chair of the foundation, praised the awardees in his remarks. "We pay the highest tribute to the unwavering courage and enduring perseverance of the Ukrainian people and to the steadfast and resolute leadership of their president, Volodymyr Zelensky," he said. Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten echoed the sentiment, noting Zelensky's condition for accepting the honor. "It speaks volumes that you only agreed to accept this award if you could do so on behalf of all the people of Ukraine," Jetten said....