Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Svitlana Zalishchuk: Kyiv must launch reforms
Ukraine's elected President Petro Poroshenko received not an outright victory but rather a loan of the Ukrainian people's trust.
The Orange revolution of 2004 to 2005 was our battle for new faces in Ukrainian politics. Euromaidan, the wave of protests that began in 2013, was a battle to forge a new relationship between citizens and their government. The 55 percent of the vote Petro Poroshenko received is not an outright victory but rather a loan of the Ukrainian people's trust, which they expect to be paid back promptly and in full.
