Ukrainian president confirms he’s thinking about dismissing the country’s military chief
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The possibility that the widely popular Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi could be fired has caused an uproar in Ukraine and delighted the Kremlin as the war approaches its second anniversary.

[Zelensky] said he was contemplating the move to ensure the country remains led by individuals who are “convinced of victory” against Russia.

ukkkraine is so fucked

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    10 months ago

    internationally Zelensky is the only charismatic Ukrainian liberals have attached to

    Because he's been the one getting all the attention and praise. Modi gets the same treatment in India. Macron gets the same treatment in France. Milei has been getting big glow-ups in Argentina since he began running for office. NPR/CNN/et-al are still trying to make Navalny a thing in Russia.

    They could bring in new media darlings if they wanted to. It would just take a bunch of work, running this person through the media machine a few dozen times until Americans were comfortable with them again. But then... why? What's the point? When you already have Zelensky and he's already doing literally everything you ask of him, what else do you actually need?