Zelensky turning Ukraine into authoritarian state just like Russia, says Kyiv mayor

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is becoming an autocrat who is reshaping Ukraine into an authoritarian state no different than Russia, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has shockingly claimed.

Klitschko, a former heavyweight boxing champion-turned-politician, took the unprecedented step of publicly attacking Zelensky, an ex-comedian and actor, so vehemently for the first time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 21 months ago.

While the pair have been political foes, such a blistering public condemnation was still shocking to many, given the country’s war crisis.