Two years ago, Volodymyr Zelensky was hailed as a hero in America. He was the man who stood up to Putin, who saw off the pillar of Russian tanks advancing on Kyiv – the man who’d fight the revanchist autocracy so the West didn’t have to. How times have changed. To a great many in Washington he is now a liability, a hustler, someone trying to pour American money and his countrymen’s lives into an unwinnable war. An increasing number of Republicans are making him the scapegoat for a war that only the Kremlin can end.
The outcome of next month’s US presidential election will be watched more closely in Ukraine than perhaps even in America. Kamala Harris has pledged to do ‘everything’ to help Ukraine win the war. Donald Trump has slammed Zelensky for refusing to ‘make a deal’ with Russia and promised to end the conflict ‘immediately’ by making a good deal for ‘both sides’.
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