Ukraine’s Zelensky Is Angry, Feels Betrayed by the West – Aides Say He’s ‘Delusional’ and His Belief Turned ‘Messianic’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is angry at the West and feels betrayed – as he tries to pull his regime together for further resistance.
Simon Schuster wrote a 3000+ word profile for Time Magazine on the wartime leader that is illuminating in so many ways, and goes much beyond the usual Western propaganda in acknowledging the realities on the ground.
Schuster had a tremendous amount of access, including with top aides that were ‘talking out of school’ – which may reveal an internal process of preparing public opinion for his replacement.
He paints Zelensky as an exhausted leader, from the demands of leadership during the war – but also ‘the persistent need to convince his allies that,