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Jonathan BROWN with Mykola ZAVGORODNIY

In War-fatigued East Ukraine, Zelensky Loses His Shine

Olena Semykina voted for President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2019 but is disappointed he has been unable to end the war (Credit: AFP)

Olena Semykina, the owner of a village shop in east Ukraine, voted for President Volodymyr Zelensky five and a half years ago, hoping the fresh-faced political newcomer would end the fighting unleashed by Russian proxy forces in 2014.

The screech of an artillery shell over her leafy village in the war-battered Donetsk region and the plumes of dark smoke billowing on the horizon suggested that her hopes for his first term had fallen short.

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