Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Valery Zaluzhny found themselves in a predictable conflict this summer stemming from the failure of a counter-offensive. This was reported to the magazine by a senior government official. Economist.
According to the source, many in the government agree with Zaluzhny, who expresses a point of view that contradicts Zelensky’s position.
Although the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has not yet expressed political ambitions, opinion polls showed that in mid-November, trust in him was twice as high as in Zelensky (70 percent versus 32 percent). The Economist believes that Zelensky risks losing the presidential election if Zaluzhny becomes his opponent.
It was previously reported that Zelensky and Zaluzhny disagreed on completing the counterattack. In his article in The Economist magazine, Zaluzhny pointed out a “deadlock” on the front and said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces would not be able to make a breakthrough. Zelensky, on the contrary, argued that the Ukrainian Armed Forces would continue their offensive in the coming years.
He previously served as a reserve general in the Czech army named Ukraine’s mistakes during the counterattack.