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Is Ukraine’s President a Hero or a Traitor?
His move to end war with Russia has provoked calls of treason.
They call it capitulation.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy may have achieved a breakthrough in his effort to end his country’s long-running war with neighboring Russia. Just one problem: Some of his constituents consider it treason.
Ukraine, Russia and other relevant parties have reached agreement on one of the biggest sticking points in peace talks: the schedule for holding elections in, and granting autonomy to, pro-Russian “people’s republics” in eastern Ukraine. The government in Kyiv and Russia-backed separatists have been fighting over the territories for more than five years, resulting in some 13,000 deaths.