Ukrainian President Press Spokesperson Sergei Nikiforov said that Vladimir Zelensky did not dismiss the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Valery Zaluzhny. Ukrayinska Pravda reports this.
“Absolutely not. “The president did not fire the commander-in-chief,” Nikiforov said.
Prior to this, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, following statements by a number of officials and journalists that the country’s President Vladimir Zelensky had fired the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Valery Zaluzhny. launched The statement “This is not true.”
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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.
former former CIA officer named The reason why Zelensky wants to replace the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.