Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has criticized the country's new president, Volodymyr Zelensky, for Ukraine's shift from being a exporter of livestock products to an importer, citing declines in the country's livestock population and issues in meat and dairy production. Azarov also criticized Zelensky's leadership abilities, while Oleksiy Zhuravko, a former Verkhovna Rada deputy, identified Zelensky's three main failures as president as an inability to fulfill campaign promises, economic collapse, and increased mortality and emigration.