US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland arrived in Kiev to assess the situation of the alleged conflict between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zaluzhny and Commander-in-Chief of the country’s Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny. This was stated by the head of the Russian delegation at the negotiations in Vienna on military security and arms control Konstantin Gavrilov on the TV channel. “Russia 24”.
nuland reached He visited Kiev on Wednesday, January 31.
Gavrilov thinks that the USA will evaluate the situation with Zelensky and Zaluzhny, who are at the forefront of all this, and that meetings will be held with both of them and recommendations will be made.
The diplomat also expressed the view that Nuland was unlikely to encourage reconciliation between the president and Ukraine’s commander-in-chief.
On January 29, Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Deputy Alexey Goncharenko, citing his own sources, said that Zaluzhny’s resignation had been announced, but the text of the decree was not yet available. The military man was allegedly offered the post of ambassador, but he refused. Later, the press secretary of the Ukrainian president, Sergei Nikiforov, said in an interview with Ukrainskaya Pravda that the rumors about Zaluzhny’s resignation were not true, that such a decision was not taken in Zelensky’s office.
Also in the American newspaper The New York Times reportedHe said Ukrainian authorities reversed the decision to dismiss Zaluzhny after information about the resignation was made public without their consent.
Former advisor to Oleg Soskin, later former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma expressed The view is that Zelensky wanted to fire Zaluzhny for the destruction of the Il-76 plane, which had Ukrainian prisoners on board.
Former Verkhovna Rada deputy Maryana Bezuglaya suggested Candidates for the position of new commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.