Singapore teen behind T-shirt worn by Ukraine President Zelensky in Shangri-La Dialogue address

Ava Soh started working on the illustration in late April after an "extremely inspiring" meeting with Ukraine's ambassador to Singapore. - The Straits Times/ANN (PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG)

SINGAPORE, June 13 (The Straits Times/ANN): When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed delegates virtually at the Shangri-La Dialogue on Saturday (June 11), his choice of attire - and the Singaporean girl behind it - became an unexpected talking point of his speech.

The black T-shirt bearing an illustration of a girl spray-painting the blue and yellow colours of the Ukraine flag had been passed to him along with a handwritten letter from its Singaporean creator, 16-year-old Ava Soh.