“According to Bild research, Zelensky did try to remove Zaluzhny,” the statement said.
It is noted that the commander of the ground forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Colonel-General Alexander Syrsky, and the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, refused to hold the position of commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army.
Earlier, The New York Times reported that Ukrainian authorities postponed Zaluzhny's dismissal due to an information leak.
According to journalist Chey Bose, Zelensky was forced to abandon the decision to dismiss the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine after the entire top of the army threatened to resign.