As the war in Ukraine enters its fifth month with no end in sight, the presidential marriage of Volodymyr and Olena Zelensky posed for Vogue, under the camera of Hollywood model and star favorite photographer Annie Leibovitz. The couple let themselves be captured by the camera in a grotesque aesthetic that mixed the glamor of celebrities with the horror of war. and there was repudiation.

The Ukrainian First Lady, Olena Zelenska It was also magazine cover in its digital version, a place dedicated almost exclusively to models.

He posed in what should be a “bunker” of marble floors and stairs and expensive carpets, but sandbags against bombing. She sitting on the steps, and her husband, the president and guardian of Ukraine, with his back to the camera, guarding the entrance.

They both posed holding hands, hugging each other. Another postcard shows the first lady wearing a blue coat. In the background two female soldiers and the twisted iron left by the war. An almost ridiculous contrast, while military and civilian lives are being lost at the front.

“As the war in Ukraine enters a crucial new phase, the country’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, becomes a key player: a frontline diplomat and the face of the emotional toll her nation is paying,” Vogue noted Tuesday. to announce the launch of this special edition of its digital cover.

The wedding granted the interview to the fashion magazine – a collaboration between the American and Ukrainian editions of Vogue – which talks about “ Life in wartimeof their marriage and their common history and their dreams for the future of Ukraine ”.

“We have no doubts about our victory,” says Zelenska.

“These were the most horrible months of my life and the life of every Ukrainian,” he adds.

“We can’t wait to win. We have no doubt that we will prevail. And that’s what keeps us going,” he says.

The Ukrainian first lady recently visited Washington, where she met with President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

In the US capital she also addressed Congress, speaking to a bipartisan group of lawmakers as a mother and daughter, not just as first lady.

Zelenska showed pictures of Ukrainian children killed by Russian rockets and called on US lawmakers to supply Ukraine with more weapons.

Repudiation in networks

The visit attracted applause. But the Vogue interview was a mistake. Social networks were quickly populated with rejection. Lapidary comments e throw up emoji.

It was the photographs that caused the greatest stir. First lady wear Ukrainian fashion, by designers such as Bettter, Six, Hvoya, The Coat, Kachorovska and Poustovit.

On Twitter, some users pointed out how shocking they found the poses.

“Does it just seem a bit frivolous to me that the Ukrainian first lady is on the cover of Vogue talking about war with a photo shoot included? It shocked me”wrote a user.

“It turns out that Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, did a photo shoot for a report in Vogue and in some she goes out with Zelensky and they are fantastic but at the same time in the middle of a war and to me this seems crazy”said another.

Another tweet said: “Vogue has managed to do what is least expected of a war: Annie Leibovitz photographed Olena Zelenska in kyiv and the magazine also collaborated with a Ukrainian designer, Julie Pelipas. An armed conflict had never appeared in a fashion magazine before. ?? “

Editorial board Clarione With information from ANSA, Twitter and huffingtonpost.es