In April 2019, Ukraine was brimming with optimism as it elected Volodymyr Zelensky, a candidate who promised peace, an end to government corruption, and economic prosperity. Fast forward four years: a civil war within the Donbas region turned into a European war raging on Ukrainian territory, destroying the country’s infrastructure, killing hundreds of thousands of its citizens, and creating millions of refugees. Government corruption is an all-time high, and the country is in a state of material poverty.
When Ukraine gained independence in 1991,
its national debt was $0.4 billion; in 2018, before Zelensky was
inaugurated, it was $76 billion, and by 2023, it had reached $120 billion
and kept growing. The country survives on international assistance, and
people who four years ago promised “вільна та незалежна Україна” (free
and independent Ukraine) proved to be liars and hypocrites............To Read More...
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