It has been one year since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. Twelve challenging months in which Sergiy Rud, the head of Ukraine's Department of the State Guard, UDO, has had to ensure the protection of Volodymyr Zelensky, a president whose image and voice have become key weapons in this war. While the service is accustomed to protecting presidents in times of political crisis as it did during the 2004 'Orange Revolution' or during the Euromaidan uprising in 2013 for Viktor Yanukovych, never