NEWSLINK Reuters: War and poverty bring doubt to heartland of Ukraine’s pro-Europe revolt

When Ukrainians toppled a pro-Russian president last year, nowhere was the euphoria greater than in Lviv, a short drive from the EU border, where people have dreamt for generations of escaping Moscow’s orbit to join the West.

More than a year of war and economic collapse later, nowhere else has the disillusionment been felt more harshly.