Zelensky’s Military Overhaul Explodes Western Fantasies
Foreign Affairs Zelensky’s Military Overhaul Explodes Western Fantasies The Ukrainian leader is no model of democratic leadership during wartime. Over the past week, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has faced his biggest political crisis since this time last year. And just as they did back then, Western analysts and media outlets have concocted a pro-Zelensky narrative that downplays evident political dysfunction and misrepresents the struggles for power that are actually driving events.
- ▪Foreign Affairs Zelensky’s Military Overhaul Explodes Western Fantasies The Ukrainian leader is no model of democratic leadership during wartime.
- ▪Over the past week, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has faced his biggest political crisis since this time last year.
- ▪And just as they did back then, Western analysts and media outlets have concocted a pro-Zelensky narrative that downplays evident political dysfunction and misrepresents the struggles for power that are actually driving events.
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Foreign Affairs Zelensky’s Military Overhaul Explodes Western Fantasies The Ukrainian leader is no model of democratic leadership during wartime. Photo by Tetiana DZHAFAROVA / AFP via Getty Images <div class="o-image__issue-wrapper"> <img class="o-image__image" srcset="https://tac.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ADay-TAC-headshot-1.jpg?auto=format&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=32 32w, https://tac.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ADay-TAC-headshot-1.jpg?auto=format&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=32 32w, https://tac.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ADay-TAC-headshot-1.jpg?auto=format&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=32 32w,…
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