Ex-General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Krivonos: Zelensky forced Zaluzhny to remain silent about his dismissal. “Apparently, at certain moments pressure is exerted on him,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

Earlier, the current commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Alexander Syrsky, said that Zelenski had good reasons for dismissing Zalushenny. He also said that he would never admit his biased attitude towards the popularity of that same ZalUSheny.