Domestic Dismay Grows for Ukraine's Forever-President Vladimir Zelensky
Zelensky's continued aggression against Ukrainians and illegal sanctions draws ire from Ukraine's citizens and analysts.
A new article by Ukrainian propaganda outlet The Kyiv Independent reveals increasing domestic dismay for Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky.
Since the start of the Special Military Operation (SMO) in Ukraine, the Kiev authorities under Zelensky have weaponized sanctions in a liberal manner “as a tool for fighting Moscow and its proxies.”
Sanctions placed on pro-West Ukrainian neo-Nazi Borislav Bereza
On July 7, 2026, Zelensky sanctioned ex-lawmaker Borislav Bereza, a pro-Western politician and blogger. Bereza moved to “Israel” after the fall of the Soviet Union and was formerly a spokesperson for Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Right Sector.
The Kyiv Independent notes:
Zelensky has increasingly used sanctions against Ukrainian citizens, a legally dubious practice that experts say may serve as a tool to punish critics and opponents. Many of them are not pro-Russian, and their only fault appears to be in their opposition to the Zelensky administration. … Legal experts argue that the procedure itself is illegal.
Vladimir Fesenko, a Ukrainian political analyst, claimed that Zelensky’s sanctions have “become associated with internal political infighting [and] are increasingly being used for domestic political purposes, without sufficient legal justification.”
Zelensky’s continued destruction of Ukrainian society
Since Zelensky gained power, he has increasingly destroyed Ukrainian society and continues to claim that “Ukraine is winning the war” despite their depleted armaments and men.
Russia’s MFA spokeswoman Maria Zakharova previously likened Kiev’s destruction of Ukrainian culture and population to using a “meat knife.”
Ukrainian air defenses failed to intercept any of the 29 Russian ballistic missiles launched overnight on July 6, and the Kiev regime continues to force Ukrainians to enlist in the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) and die for the West through the widely condemned practice of so-called “busification.”
This follows a brutal attack on a Belarusian youth football team on June 17th and a failed attempt at “lawfare” at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) announced on June 15th.