The Ukrainian people and their president, Volodymyr Zelensky, have been nominated to receive the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.

In a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, revealed on Thursday, 36 current and former European politicians asked the committee to extend the nomination deadline for the prize in order to consider Zelensky and the Ukrainian people. The deadline for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize was Jan. 31, almost a month before Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine.

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