The Honeymoon Is Over for Ukraine’s President
Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends an Interior Ministry military drill in Stare, Ukraine, on Monday, Sept. 30.
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For the first time since President Volodymyr Zelenskiy took power this year, more Ukrainians say the country is headed in the wrong direction than not, according to the latest poll on his performance.
With voters clamoring for change, the political novice scored a landslide victory in spring elections. He then enjoyed approval ratings that at one point exceeded those of Vladimir Putin in neighboring Russia.