Irish Examiner view: Individual bravery can turn the tide

Alongside Volodymyr Zelenskyy, we honour Russian TV producer Marina Ovsyannikova for also standing up for what is right

Marina Ovsyannikova stunned viewers of Russia's Channel One TV network with her protest against her country's assault on Ukraine. File picture 

If anything illuminates the way in which a single individual can create change for the better it is the separate actions of two individuals: One the president of Ukraine, the other a Russian TV producer.

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has not only inspired his own people to defend their homeland, he has also galvanised Western democracies to respond to the Russian invasion with the kind of united resolve not seen for decades.