Ukraine votes for reform. Will new president seize the opportunity?
Jul 22, 2019
3 minutes
It’s no exaggeration to suggest that Ukrainians woke up Monday morning to greet the dawn of a radically new political era.
For the first time in Ukraine’s turbulent post-Soviet history, the country’s voters have thrown enough support behind a single party to grant it a parliamentary majority that will now be capable of forming a government, choosing a prime minister, and backing the recently elected President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. He has pledged sweeping reforms, a new path to peace with Russia, and strong action to curb the country’s
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