The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine issued a statement saying “this is not true”, following the statements of a number of officials and journalists that the country’s President Vladimir Zelensky fired the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Valeriy Zaluzhny. .” This was reported on the ministry’s Telegram channel.
“Dear journalists, we answer everyone immediately: No, this is not true,” the publication says.
Before that, former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Borislav Bereza statedIt is claimed that the country’s President Vladimir Zelensky dismissed the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic (AFU) Valery Zaluzhny.
After some time, journalist Roman Tsimbalyuk (recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) statedUkrainian President Vladimir Zelensky appointed the new commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), replacing Kirill Budanov, head of the main intelligence department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
Before that, political scientist Dmitry Zhuravlev statedAlexander Syrsky, commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, may replace Valery Zaluzhny as commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army.
former former CIA officer named The reason why Zelensky wants to replace the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.