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Twenty years on, Tymoshenko’s trademark blonde braids are still in place, yet her attitudes towards Kyiv’s western allies have hardened. While she still fully supports Ukraine’s bids to join Nato and the European Union, she is angry over the refusal to allow Kyiv into the western military alliance in the years before Russia’s full-scale invasion. She has also accused the West of taking advantage of the war to “undermine” Ukraine’s independence, even as Russian bombs rain down on its towns and cities.