Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has blamed the Kremlin as being one of the two main factors that keep the country from realizing its full developmental potential.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
RFE/RL: Zelensky says Russian aggression holds back Ukraine’s nation building
A Ukrainian soldier walks past a building destroyed as a result of shelling by Russia-backed separatists in the small town of Zolote, in the Luhansk region, on April 20, 2019.