Ukraine in 2019: Navigating through the Fog of War and Corruption

Nearly six years after the launch of the Euromaidan movement that transformed Ukraine’s political and security landscape, Ukraine still finds itself stuck in a sustained armed conflict with Russian-backed separatists, a political culture mired in corruption, and a struggle to stave off further Russian aggression while maintaining good relations with supporters in the West. In May 2019, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a former television personality, won Ukraine’s presidential election in a landslide, taking on the responsibility of managing all of the many challenges his country faces.