Ukrainian president Zelenskiy becomes a character from 'Money Heist'

The famous Netflix series 'Money Heist' ('Casa de Papel') has made its way into the Ukrainian war theater. The invaded country's national guard shared a tweet in which its president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has become another hero of 'The Resistance', a nickname by which the protagonists of the series are popularly known.

Here is "our hero," the National Guard of Ukraine tweeted, while adding president Zelenskiy to a series of photos from 'Money Heist:' Palermo (Rodrigo de la Serna), Tokio (Úrsula Corberó) and Helsinki (Darko Peric).

Of course, Zelenskiy got his own name in typical 'Money Heist' style: Kyiv. In the Netflix series, each member of the gang of bank robbers has the name of a big city.

Of course, Zelenskiy is Kyiv, the name of the Ukrainian capital and a symbol of resistance to the Russian invasion.

On social media, people declared their love to the Ukrainian president, a young man with a wife and two children, or they have expressed their admiration for him as a military leader, always appearing in the army green.

Zelenskiy has long been famous in Ukraine and neighboring countries as a comedian and actor. He knows his way around a camera and he has a sense of humor.

His participation (and victory!) in the Ukrainian version of 'Dancing with the Stars' / 'Strictly Come Dancing' has sparked calls for 'Zelensky, the Musical' along with the Zelenskiy action movies. Videos of Zelenskiy dancing waltzes, paso dobles and quicksteps like a pro had circulated the web for days.

Commentators are saying that, when the first Hollywood movies are made about the war in Ukraine, Zelenskiy should be played by actor Jeremy Renner. Many agree that they look much alike.

Renner became famous for his role in the Oscar-winning movie about the Iraq war, 'The Hurt Locker'. He played military men and secret agents in several other occasions, such as 'The Bourne Legacy' and 'Hawkeye.'

The television and Hollywood references come as small efforts of comic relief in a war that is shocking people all over the world.

More than a week after Ukraine was invaded by Russian troops, its capital Kyiv continues to resist but it - along with other cities - is under severe attack. On March 3, bombardments damaged the city's pipelines, leaving much of the Kyiv's population without heating.

On the other hand, Russian troops have entered the city of Kherson, one of the strategic areas in this conflict.

And while the bombs continue to fall in Ukraine, members of the Russian and Ukrainian governments are meeting to try and negotiate a ceasefire.

Such a break in the aggression would be vital for the besieged Ukrainian population.

According to The UN refugee agency Acnur, one million Ukrainians fled the country in only seven days.

Acnur, "estimates at four million people who could flee the country due to the Russian offensive." Media like 'El País' in Spain argue that the Ukrainian exodus is "on the way to being the largest in Europe since the Second World War."

Thousands refugees, mostly women and children, have crossed the country's border with Poland, seeking shelter there.

The rest is distributed among countries such as Hungary, Moldova, Slovakia, Romania and Russia. In those neighboring countries they await a ceasefire that, each time, seems further away.

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