For Hobbled Zelensky, Defying Trump Is Safer Than Yielding

Ukrainian public's firm stance on war makes a deal favoring Putin political suicide

- BY YAROSLAV TROFIMOV

Buffeted by a corruption scandal that has sparked fury across Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky is in political trouble at home, weaker than at any point since the full-scale Russian invasion of his country began nearly four years ago.