Suddenly, leadership in Ukraine is no laughing matter.
Ukrainian president seeks to project confidence in the face of U.S. warnings of a possible invasion within days by a growing number of Russian forces.
The result is a rhetorical dissonance between Kyiv and its allies. As Washington and NATO continue to insist that an invasion could happen at any moment,“If anyone has any additional information about a 100% chance of an invasion, they should give it to us.… I have to speak with our people like a president and say the truth, and the truth is that we have different information,” he told reporters Saturday while observing police training exercises in southern Ukraine.
On Sunday, after Dutch airline KLM suspended flights to Ukraine amid news that flight insurers would no longer cover planes that enter Ukrainian airspace, the president’s office quickly jumped in, saying the government would underwrite insurance costs., saying they ought instead to act like captains who “should be the last to leave a sinking ship.
But that hasn’t stopped criticism of Zelensky as a jester-turned-king wholly unsuited to the situation at hand. , and though he has demonstrated an easy rapport with them publicly, behind the scenes there have been reports of frustration over the contradictory messaging, said Olga Oliker, program director for Europe and Central Asia at the International Crisis Group.
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