War and poverty bring doubt to heartland of Ukraine's pro-Europe revolt


  • World
  • Friday, 10 Apr 2015

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - 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.

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