Zelenskyy’s ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Ukraine clip from 2006 goes viral

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In addition to his political career and leadership, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is receiving praise from many on social media for his entertainment past.

A resurfaced montage of Zelenskyy being nimble on his feet and his winning ballets on the country’s version of "Dancing with the Stars" from 2006 went viral on Monday. 

Fans from Twitter to TikTok are fawning over Zelenskyy’s moves — including one number that saw him and his partner Olena Shoptenko donning full blindfolds as they mentally counted steps, hitting their marks with perfection.

"I actually fainted tho [sic]," one Tik Tok user captioned a clip of Zelenskyy and Shoptenko performing. 

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted a video to social media on Saturday morning showing himself walking around the streets of Kyiv after a night of artillery fire in different parts of the city, telling the nation "I'm here." (Credit: President of Ukraine)

Celebration for Zelenskyy’s light-footedness came just days after British actor Hugh Bonneville, one of the stars of the "Paddington" franchise, made the revelation that the 44-year-old was the familiar voice behind the Peruvian Bear in the Ukrainian versions of "Paddington" and "Paddington 2."

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"Until today I had no idea who provided the voice of @paddingtonbear in Ukraine. Speaking for myself, thank you, President Zelenskiy. #PaddingtonBear," he said in a tweet, alongside a video of Zelenskyy.

The news has since been confirmed by the film’s producer, StudioCanal, to The Hollywood Reporter.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stands alongside other government officials in a video posted to social media Friday, Feb. 25, 2022, vowing to defend the country from a Russian invasion.  (Armed Forces of Ukraine)

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Russia launched an attack on Ukraine, including Kyiv, last week in a decision the Russian authorities called a "special military operation."

Other circulating images also show the founder of the Servant of the People political party on the frontline with many of his countrymen and women, and he has been lauded as a "true leader."

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Over 100 civilians have been killed and hundreds wounded in more than four days of fighting, according to United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet.

Fox News’ Digital's Janelle Ash and Adam Shaw contributed to this report.