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Large Number of Ukrainians Consider Poroshenko Weak – German Newspaper

© AFP 2023 / PATRIK STOLLARZUkrainian President Petro Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko - Sputnik International
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Military defeat in the east of Ukraine and the economic crisis have had a severe negative impact on Poroshenko’s image. From a resolute fighter against separatism, he turned into a weak diplomat who can’t keep his campaign promises, the German newspaper Die Welt wrote.

Many Ukrainians are disappointed in the current Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, whom they held for strong man and who – they believed – could solve all their problems in a short period of time.

In his 2014 pre-election promises, he said that the so-called "anti-terrorist operation" against Donbass militias would last only a few days. Since then, the conflict in the eastern regions of Ukraine has claimed at least 6,500 lives; and the war is still going on.

Fighters of Social Nationalist Assembly (SNA), part of the ultra-nationalist Right Sector party, attend a swearing-in ceremony in Kiev prior to leaving on June 3, 2014 - Sputnik International
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Military failure was a serious blow to the image Poroshenko. So was the economic crisis that affected the life of every Ukrainian citizen. In the 2014 elections, 54.7% of Ukrainians voted for Poroshenko, ensuring his victory in the first round. Now the number of his supporters has dropped to 15%.

Poroshenko promised to sell his chocolate business, but this promise has never been fulfilled, the newspaper wrote. The fight against corruption is not efficient: none of the high-ranking politicians accused of corruption were put in prison, and many of them managed to flee abroad.

Recent armed clashes between terrorist organization "Right Sector" and the local mafia in the town of Mukachevo also added fuel to the fire. Poroshenko now has to prove that radical armed groups that do not support the Minsk agreement and demand the resignation of the current government are under control.

Thus, from resolute fighter against separatism, who willingly dressed in military uniforms, the Ukrainian president has gradually turned into a diplomat in favor of the Minsk Agreement provisions. A large part of the Ukrainian population cannot forgive him for this metamorphosis and perceive it as weakness, the newspaper wrote.

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