In war-fatigued east Ukraine, Zelenskyy loses his shine

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 30, 2024 3:09 pm

KLEBAN-BYK, Ukraine — Olena Semykina, the owner of a village shop in east Ukraine, voted for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy five and a half years ago, hoping the fresh-faced political newcomer would end the fighting unleashed by Russian proxy forces in 2014.

The screech of an artillery shell over her leafy village in the war-battered Donetsk region and the plumes of dark smoke billowing on the horizon suggested that her hopes for his first term had fallen short.

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