“This (Zaluzhny’s resignation. -
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) depends on the Americans, not on Zelensky,” he said on the Rossiya 24 TV channel.
Azarov emphasized that the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine irritates Zelensky, since Zaluzhny’s approval rating is much higher.
Earlier, the head of the Russian delegation at the negotiations in Vienna on military security and arms control, Konstantin Gavrilov, said that the visit of US Deputy Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland to Kyiv was related to the assessment of the conflict between Zelensky and Zaluzhny.
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.