This shows how important is to have capable ruler and Zelenskiy is not that. Diplomacy is art. Ukraine have specific geographical position. As i keep saying, geopolitics doesn't work by the rules what is right or wrong. They should have balanced better between Russia and EU and be aware what Russia can do to them. Yes, i know and i repeat, on paper "they can do whatever they want" but in reality that doesn't go like that. Orange revolution fecked them up. That is where their fall starts and that is where they said; "feck off Russia, we want to be part of EU" which was red flag for Putin.
To avoid "angry" replies. Again i repeat, it was 100% their right to turn to west but it was wrong move.
In other words, the pathetic Ukrainian slugs should be thankful for Putin’s loving foot on their throat. With all due respect, this comment really suggests you have a misunderstanding about recent Ukrainian elections. The only people stoking anti-Russian sentiment and pushing Ukraine further and further away from Russia is Putin himself.
Zelenskyy ran on an anti-establishment and anti-corruption agenda, whilst also wanting to reduce antagonism between Ukrainian and Russian language groups and the two countries. Of the two candidates in the last election, he was the one who could be labelled the Russia-leaning candidate, given he is a mother-tongue Russian speaker and had big entertainment business interests in Russia. He ended up taking a majority in the whole country, except around the very-Western facing Lviv and surrounding areas. Poroshenko was very much the preferred candidate in the far west of Ukraine and Zelenskyy’s election was seen as a bit of a disappoint there post-Maidan and a stumble back towards the Russosphere.
If what you are arguing is that the only president Ukraine should have is a president that is happy to be a lapdog to Putin and that the country should pursue a path similar to Belarus, then that is no path at all. Unsurprisingly, the majority of the post-Soviet generations, and even final Soviet generation, would prefer to live in a modern, democratic country that is tackling corruption.