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Updated Thursday, February 8, 2024-18:07
Ukraine Zelensky redesigns the entire strategy in Ukraine
The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has dismissed the commander in chief of the Armed Forces, Valeri Zaluzhni, whom he has thanked for his two years of service in defending the country.
This confirms what was a rumor days ago and that Zelensky himself had mentioned in an interview with Italian public television. "I am reflecting on this replacement," said the president when asked directly about the fate of the general, adding that when he speaks of reorganization he refers to "something serious, which concerns
not a person
, but the direction of the country's government." ".
According to the online newspaper
Ukrainska Pravda
, which cited sources from the Army and the Presidency, Zelensky was also considering dismissing the chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General
Sergei Shaptala
.
The trigger for the public disagreements between Zelensky and Zaluzhni was an article published by the general on November 1 of last year in which he considered
the Ukrainian counteroffensive
of the summer to be amortized and recognized that the war has entered a positional phase that could favor Zelensky. Russia.
The president did not support Zaluzhni's theses and indirectly described them as defeatist and then they clashed again over the issue of mobilizing new soldiers.