Public trust in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fell to its lowest level in around six months following rare wartime protests against a move to curb the power of anti-corruption watchdogs, a leading Kyiv pollster has said.
The survey released Wednesday by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) is the first by a major Ukrainian pollster to measure public sentiment since Zelenskyy sparked anger with a move to subordinate the agencies to a hand-picked prosecutor-general.
Thousands of Ukrainians had rallied in Kyiv and other cities late last month against the fast-tracked measures, prompting Zelenskyy and his ruling party to quickly reverse course.
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