by Bernhard at Moon of Alabama
The recent publications about Zelenski’s egomania in Time and the war ‘stalemate’ as claimed by General Zaluzny in The Economist have led to a conflict between the political and military sides of Ukraine:
There are sure signs that the divide between the political and military leadership in Ukraine is growing. President Zelenski, on request of his new defense minister, just removed the commander of Ukraine’s special forces and installed a new one:
Major General Viktor Khorenko does not know the reasons for his dismissal from the post of Commander of the Special Operations Forces. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, did not submit a request for his dismissal.
It is very unusual to fire an officer without a request from his superior commander.
There are also shots fired against Zaluzny himself:
President’s Office advises Commander-in-Chief of Ukrainian Armed Forces not to publicise situation at front – UA Pravda – Nov 4 2023
Ihor Zhovkva, Deputy Head of the Office of the President, commenting on the article by Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, for The Economist, has said that the military should not bring to the public what is happening at the front.
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Zhovkva also stated that “one of the heads of the leaders’ offices” called him after the mentioned article was published.”And they simply ask me in a panic, ‘What should I report to my leader? Are we really at a stalemate?’. Are we trying to achieve this effect with this article?”, the President’s Office representative said.
Zaluzny is seen as a potential candidate for president should the Ukraine decide to hold elections.
He recently ‘liked‘ (in Russian) a Facebook post by the ex-adviser to the president Alexey Arestovich, who is now a public critic of the Zelenski regime. Arestovich has reportedly moved to Austria out of fear of being arrested or worse. He is also a well known potential presidential candidate.
Yesterday an aide to General Zaluzny was killed by what seems to have been a package bomb:…
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