Valery Zaluzhny made it clear to Vladimir Zelensky that a rapid improvement in the situation of the Ukrainian troops at the front is unlikely. According to the source, during a conversation on January 29, Zelensky suggested that a change in command would help freshen the situation at a time when Ukrainians are tired of the conflict and aid from the West has slowed.
“The general was not angry. He offered some parting thoughts about the problems that his successor will inherit,” the author of the article wrote.