Putin has tried to oust Zelenskyy for years. Now, U.S. pressure might do the job.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : But in informal conversations over the weekend, political, military and diplomatic figures in Kyiv, even those who did not personally support the Ukrainian leader, unanimously told NBC News that replacing Zelenskyy now would only benefit Russia.
37% : He told CNN that "if it becomes apparent that President Zelenskyy's either personal motivations or political motivations are divergent from ending the fighting in this country, then I think we have a real issue.
33% : " Trump has wrongly claimed that Zelenskyy's approval rating is 4%, and Musk said the Ukrainian leader was avoiding a vote because he would "lose in a landslide.
19% : " Trump and his advisers such as Elon Musk have criticized Ukraine's indefinite postponement of elections scheduled for 2024, delayed because the country is under martial law following its invasion by Russia.
19% : Trump appears to have gotten his statistic from an unscientific poll on the Telegram messaging service by one of Zelenskyy's political rivals.

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