Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, who on Friday addressed the 2nd Forum of Regions of Ukraine and Belarus, has focused on efforts to end the conflict with Russia. Mr. Zelensky’s administration has focused on efforts to end the conflict with Russia, which covertly sent armed forces into eastern Ukraine in 2014 and set up two separatist statelets. “The elections should not take place under the barrel of guns,” Mr. Zelensky said in a televised address last week. Mr. Zelensky’s approach holds risks, said Vasyl Filipchuk, chairman of the International Center for Policy Studies, a think tank in Kyiv. Glory to its heroes!” Many spoke of the need to avoid a domestic conflict that Russia could try to exploit.

Source: Wall Street Journal October 06, 2019 19:07 UTC