The article is factually correct but it wrongly implies that US and Euro backing is essential to get public support. Tymoschenko politics correctly described in the article are mostly reflective to public opinion. Which has turned suspicious towards Western institutions.
I am not saying she would make into presidents but I don’t see any influential figure to fill the void.
Saakashvili? Won’t make it. Klitch? You are kidding. Maybe someone of oligarchs? Kolomoyski? I don’t think he finds it interesting. Porki proved it is not good for business overall as he turned into a sort of pariah.
The current front runner is dark horse candidate Vladimir Zelensky, who is a millennial aged television personality with no previous political experience.
If Zelensky makes it into the second round, there’s a good chance he’ll win the election as an outside/reformer.