S’pore teen designed Ukraine president’s shirt

Creativity for a good cause: Ava started working on the illustration in late April after an ‘extremely inspiring’ meeting with Ukraine’s ambassador to Singapore. — The Straits Times/ANN

WHEN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed delegates virtually at the Shangri-La Dialogue recently, 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 Zelenskyy along with a handwritten letter from its Singaporean creator, 16-year-old Ava Soh.