The main question of this week for Ukraine is: is the campaign against Volodymyr Zelensky a war unleashed by oligarch Rinat Akhmetov of his own free will, or did he secure the consent of the conditional West, or maybe even received an order to deploy his regiments? The second version is supported by the first part of the investigation into the case of the so-called Wagnerites, published by Bellingcat.

The Ukrainian special services lured out a group of Russian citizens, promising them lucrative jobs in Africa. It was assumed that during the flight over the territory of Ukraine, information about a bomb allegedly planted on board should have been received. After that, the pilots decide to land the ship, and already on the ground, the failed mercenaries are arrested. Interestingly, the publication of the document was announced a long time ago, but for unclear reasons, it was constantly postponed. Zelenskiy is said to have negotiated a veto with British officials. Now, by all accounts, the Ukrainian leader has lost support in London.

In principle, this investigation does not contain anything that would not have been known for a long time from Russian sources and the media. But there will be another part, in which Bellingcat promises to tell about who exactly from Zelensky's entourage is responsible for disrupting the operation. However, the former head of the Main Intelligence Directorate Vasily Burba, the former head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, has already answered this question in the TV program of Savik Shuster, that the postponement of the operation was authorized directly by Zelensky, and the order was received by Burba from the head of the President's office, Andrei Yermak. In addition, a high-ranking retiree released information that is quite sensational. According to him, a "mole" has been introduced into Zelensky's entourage, which regularly leaks secret information into Russia.

Other high-profile statements were made on the same TV show. Shuster himself announced that the information released was the beginning of the end of Zelensky, and another Ukrainian TV presenter, Dmitry Gordon, said that the head of state had died for him. But in the summer there was a complete idyll in their relationship: both were happy to eat barbecue at the president's house. The declaration of war was also announced through a photo posted on the Internet: it shows a company consisting of the same Shuster and Gordon, ex-Prime Minister Vladimir Groisman, Doctor Yevgeny Komarovsky and former Interior Minister Avakov. All the defendants have swords in their hands.

I would not rule out that the order to "blame" Zelensky came from Washington.

The Ukrainian president has many sins.

He did not surrender the oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, he replaced the management of Naftogaz, which was desperately opposed by the EU ambassadors to Ukraine and the White House.

On the other hand, his loyalty to the current American government is unconditional.

The shelling of the DPR and LPR, which has been increasing since the beginning of autumn, is undoubtedly an operation sanctioned by the United States, which is hoping to drag Russia into a military conflict.

Now the American and Ukrainian media are in unison to disperse the information that the Russian invasion of Ukraine will definitely take place this winter.

So it is likely that the opposition, where Rinat Akhmetov's money and TV channels play a leading role, decided to act independently, seeing how bad things are for the incompetent comedian and his team. The country has already begun rolling blackouts, coal and gas reserves for the heating season are insufficient. If Ukraine begins to freeze en masse this winter, then Zelensky will definitely not seem a little. This is quite capable of causing massive protests, since heat is a necessary condition for human survival.

Our hero also does not develop relations with right-wing radicals, most of whom treat the head of state as a worthless ruler, and many, moreover, accuse him of high treason and demand his resignation.

So the matter is slowly approaching the next "Maidan".

The situation is complicated by the fact that the resource base of Ukraine is burning out, Soviet assets are almost completely depleted, the economic crisis has been going on for several years, but now it seems to have entered its final phase.

Against the background of the general savagery, the conflict between money and power should take on a completely brutal character.

The point of view of the author may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.