“Unpredictable election makes Ukraine’s friends wary,” headlines a Reuters story

“Unpredictable election makes Ukraine’s friends wary,” headlines a Reuters story out of Kyiv and Brussels. “Ukraine’s Western backers fear the country’s next president may prove unwilling or unable to accelerate reforms they have spent five years investing in, whoever it turns out to be,” starts the story based heavily on an interview with Western diplomats. One said: “With Zelenskiy, we have no clue.” Last month, European ambassadors met with Zelenskiy. Summarizing one diplomat’s impressions, Reuters wrote ‘Zelenskiy was clearly intelligent but did not articulate a policy or vision. Citing a second diplomat, Reuters wrote: ‘He left an impression of being light on substance.’