“Despite deep public appreciation for President Volodymyr Zelensky’s wartime leadership, former Commander-in-Chief General Valerii Zaluzhnyi could win a potential head-to-head presidential runoff. How can this dynamic be compared to Winston Churchill’s shocking defeat in the July 1945 British elections, where a nation unified during wartime immediately sought a new policy direction once the conflict concluded.”, writes Frivärld Senior Fellow Anders Åslund in the Kyiv Post.
Kyiv Post: What Can Ukraine Learn from Churchill’s Electoral Defeat in 1945?, writes Anders Åslund
May 24, 2026