Ukraine’s Young and Hungry Politicians Await a Post-War Future

LVIV, Ukraine — In the green room of a cavernous Soviet-era concert hall here, Iryna Friz, a 29-year-old Ukrainian politician, held a cup of tea and surveyed the scene..

Young men and women, all dressed smartly in suits and dresses, chatted excitedly among themselves. A few ate sandwiches. Some fidgeted with their notes. They were part of a generation of Ukrainian leaders who have come to the fore since the Russian invasion in February..

Friz, a member of the Ukrainian parliament and a rising star in the pro-Western Holos party, knows that the war has profoundly altered her country and its politics..

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