We have watched with increasing dismay and as the government of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has acted against political opponents, culminating in recent measures to strip the country’s anti-corruption institutions of power amid the sanctioning of prominent political opponents, the detaining of vocal skeptics on apparently specious charges, and a pattern of democratic backsliding. President Zelensky has been lionized as a hero, but these missteps are a reminder that all leaders are susceptible to errors.

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Such missteps have inflamed Ukrainian civil society. Videos shared by Ukrainian anti-corruption activist leader Daria Kaleniuk show thousands of outraged protesters........

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