Zelenskyy couples' Vogue photoshoot trending in social media

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena Zelenska recently appeared in a photoshoot cover for the American lifestyle and fashion magazine Vogue. The photoshoot, since it was made public, has quickly caught the attention of netizens around the world.

The Vogue article, posted on July 26, talks about the marital experience of the couple, featuring an accompanying photoshoot with a 'wartime' theme. 

Ukraine First Lady photoshoot
The photoshoot has a 'wartime' theme. Image credit: Vogue

The photoshoot provides an exclusive look into Olena Zelenska, depicting her as a "wartime First Lady" who, despite always staying behind the scenes, has recently taken a stance towards "frontline democracy".

In the post shared on Vogue's official Facebook page, the photoshoot gained over 1.1k shares in 14 hours, with over 1.5k comments and 12k reacts. 

The photoshoot has been trending on Instagram as well, with each photo gaining minimum 65k likes in about 20 hours since they were published on Vogue's official Instagram account. One of these photos, depicting the couple holding each other, received over 253k likes in 21 hours.

Vogue also posted a behind-the-scenes video of the photoshoot on their official Instagram account. The short video shows clips of the Zelenskyy couple arranging the photoshoot with Vogue. At the time of writing, the video has over 496k views on Instagram, 22 hours since it was posted online.

The article will be published in Vogue's upcoming October issue. You can check out the online version of the article here.