The commander in chief of the Ukrainian army was dismissed, the United States announced the cessatio

Mondo Military Updated on 2024-02-01

Author |Yan Chixia.

It has been almost two years since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and the storm inside Ukraine has been brewing for a long time, and Zelensky is getting closer and closer to that doomed end.

A while ago, there were rumors in Ukraine that Zelensky dismissed Zaluzhny, who was the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, at a military meeting, and pushed him to the end, and did not let him hold any more positions in the army.

It is said that at that time, along with the post of chief of the general staff of the Ukrainian army and the post of commander of the joint forces operation, these two people belonged to the heavyweight role of the Zaluzhny side.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see at a glance that this is by no means a simple change of position, but a brutal political struggle.

Zelensky is equivalent to dismissing all the military generals of the Zaluzhny faction and completely crushing the power of his faction in one fell swoop.

After this news came out, only Russia** was reporting. According to the past situation, if the news is not true, Ukraine will make a statement as soon as possible, especially this kind of news that seriously affects the morale of the military.

What is intriguing is that Ukraine has not responded to this rumor, which shows that it is not groundless.

After all, there have been rumors of discord among Ukrainian generals for a long time, but it is the first time that such a bombshell news has been reported like this one.

In the next few days, it was confirmed in Ukraine that the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Zaluzhny, was still performing his duties as usual, and many people also felt that the previous news might be a smoke bomb from the Russian side.

After all, after the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the West** and Russia**'s reports on the battlefield are often very different.

If only one of the two parties makes a report and the other side refutes, there will generally be a reversal.

Unexpectedly, a few days after the rumor was exposed, not only did it not wait for any response from the Ukrainian side, but even the West began to break the news about the matter.

After all, the West and Ukraine are one family, so they know more about the details of the discord between Ukrainian generals than Russia.

Among them, the British ** reported that Zelensky really wants to remove Zaluzhny from the post of commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, but not directly remove him, but make recommendations to him.

In addition, Zaluzhny was not pushed to the end, but gave him a fictitious position as a defense adviser. The result is predictable, Zelensky's proposal was directly rejected.

However, Zelensky did not stop there, but made it clear that no matter what Zaluzhny decides, his post as commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army will not be retained.

At the same time, the United States also joined the breaking news action, saying that it was because after the news of high-level infighting in Ukraine was reported, Zelensky was forced to put the matter on hold because of the influence, but he and Zaluzhny were already incompatible.

The United States** also broke the news that the possible candidates to succeed Zaluzhny are Syrsky, commander of the Ukrainian Army, and Budanov, head of the Main Directorate of Ukrainian Military Intelligence, both of whom belong to Zelensky's side.

After reading the revelations of the United States and the United Kingdom, it is basically possible to determine the authenticity of this matter, and it seems that Zelensky really wants to do something to Zaluzhny.

It's just that Zelensky did not directly remove Zaluzhny from his post as Russia said, but chose a more decent way.

When Zaluzhny refused, Zelensky seemed to have lost any decency, after all, for him, keeping the ** position is more important than anything else.

Now Ukraine has lost the military aid support of the United States, and its military resources are also facing depletion, resulting in continuous losses on the frontal battlefield. If it is opened in the current situation, Zelensky will not be re-elected.

Once defeated, he will no longer be a hero in the mouth of the West, but a sinner who pushes Ukraine into the fire pit, and the ending will be extremely tragic.

But Ukraine is now in the driver's seat, and Israel is the new focus of the United States.

Since the current unfavorable situation cannot be resolved, then the most threatening competitor should be addressed. As long as no one comes to compete with Zelensky, he can naturally be re-elected smoothly.

Seeing this, everyone should understand the reason for the high-level infighting in Ukraine, because Zaluzhny is the biggest stumbling block on Zelensky's way to re-election.

Since his appointment by Zelensky as commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army in July 2021, he has been responsible for overseeing military operations in Ukraine since the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February 2022.

Although Zaluzhny was single-handedly promoted by Zelensky, the situation of "high merit and shocking the master" has made Zelensky uneasy.

Especially after the stalemate on the battlefield between Russia and Ukraine last year, Zaluzhny often openly contradicted Zelensky. On the surface, the two sides disagree, but in fact their interests have seriously conflicted.

From Zelensky's point of view, the Ukrainian army must, at the very least, not start peace talks with the current situation, otherwise he will be a sinner in Ukraine.

But from Zaluzhny's point of view, it can be said that it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and as the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, he is very clear about the current situation of the Ukrainian army.

In the absence of military aid and the inability to replenish the source of troops, Ukraine cannot protect itself, let alone **. Even the longer it passes, the greater the losses of the Ukrainian army will be, and the more passive Ukraine will be in opening peace talks in the future.

Therefore, one of them only wants to be the first and the other only wants to stop the war and recuperate, but this is only a matter of discord in the line, and they can't kill them all.

What really made Zelensky decide to do it was the rumors in the West that Zaluzhny would be his successor, which made Zelensky completely unbearable.

If the United States really exchanges Zelensky for the end of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, it only needs to support a new ** person to come to power, and everyone will be happy at that time, and all the pots will be left to Zelensky alone.

Judging from the many revelations in the West, a pragmatist like Zaluzhny is the first choice for new people in the United States and the West.

What scares Zelensky the most is because not only Western countries are optimistic about Zaluzhny, but even within Ukraine, Zaluzhny's prestige is higher.

Polls in Ukraine at the end of last year showed that the public's trust in Zelensky was only 62 percent, while the trust in Zaluzhny was as high as 88 percent.

Therefore, Zelensky will ignore the consequences of shaking the morale of the army, and make up his mind to change the commander on the spot.

But Zelensky, who is Ukraine's **, has made difficulties in this matter.

Because the infighting at the top of Ukraine's leadership has made the West begin to worry, the United Kingdom even broke the news that Zelensky wanted to dismiss Zaluzhny more than once, but this order has been blocked.

According to the speculation of the West, pressure from the Ukrainian military and Western countries finally retained the post of commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army in Zaluzhny.

There is even a revelation that Zelensky has communicated with the United States and the Pentagon before, but the United States firmly opposes the removal of Zaluzhny as commander-in-chief.

This "** man" war has been fought until now, and Zelensky has faithfully carried out the US order for him to "fight to the last Ukrainian".

But when Ukraine's military resources ran out, the United States was the first to announce the cessation of military aid to Ukraine.

Now that the United States has begun to defend Zaluzhny again, it seems that the answer to the new ** has been revealed.

Zelensky has finally understood that today's Ukraine is no longer up to him!

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