The Ukrainian president’s outburst at the UN is a sign of more serious tensions building behind the scenes.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy during the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 19. , Photographer: Bloomberg/BloombergThe Ukrainian president allowed a dispute with one of his biggest allies to spin out of control at the United Nations General Assembly this week, and that’s just a hint of the tensions building behind the scenes.
Those shifts show how international support for Ukraine is moving away from crisis mode in search of a more long-term approach as the prospect of a drawn-out conflict starts to seep into the thinking of leaders around the world. In the background, there’s also increasing discussion of how long Zelenskiy can go on before he starts negotiating with the Kremlin, according to one western official.
A White House spokesperson said Biden’s commitment to Kyiv is as strong as ever and will last “for as long as it takes,” pointing to remarks at the UN in which he called for other nations to stand with Ukraine. But leaks in the media from officials criticizing the progress of the counteroffensive have stung Zelenskiy while a string of corruption cases have started to whittle away at the widespread support he has from the Ukrainian people.
The fight with Poland over grain is a clear indication of the sort of tensions in Ukraine's future, according to one senior European official involved in those discussions. That spat is in many ways a typical bust-up driven by one of the European Union’s core constituencies: angry farmers. And there will be more of those debates as Ukraine’s EU membership plans move beyond the aspirational phase.
Still, an opinion poll published this month by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiative Foundation showed that 78% of Ukrainians view Zelenskiy as directly responsible for state corruption and 55% even said Ukraine’s allies should tie military support to the government’s anti-corruption policies. The survey was criticized by Zelenskiy’s ministers, who said the methodology was unfair.
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