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Posted on 02/19/2025 10:09:06 AM PST by marcusmaximus
UKRAINE'S "Iron General" has hinted he is ready to take over as President from Zelensky if the US forces Kyiv into running elections.
Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, 51, led Ukraine's army into the war as Commander-in-Chief in 2022, and is touted as Zelensky's most likely successor, according to reports.
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Zaluzhnyi was ousted from the top military job last February by Zelensky and redeployed as Ukraine's Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
This followed a spat between the two men, following Zaluzhnyi's claims the war had hit a stalemate and a Ukrainian breakthrough was unlikely.
He regularly outpolls Zelensky, whose own approval remains much higher by most polls than the four percent Trump cited.
One recent poll chalked Zelensky as coming second on 24 per cent to Zaluzhnyi on 36 per cent, if elections were run now.
And the general-turned ambassador did not deny he would go for the top job, if the opportunity arose.
He said: “In order to answer this question, let's first get the conditions under which such a question would be absolutely appropriate.
“These conditions will come, then I, as a person who is in public service and works directly for the state, will be ready to answer such a question.
“For now, we have only one task - to survive and preserve our country.
“And after that, we will think about other things.”
Zaluzhnyi could be seen as an attractive replacement with his impressive military record and, as of this past year, his experience of high-stakes diplomacy.
He was recently pictured meeting the UK's Foreign Secretary David Lammy in Kyiv.
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Zelensky’s tenure is about to come to an end. He can use the free time ahead to wash his green garb.
they should have a free and fair election in Ukraine..whoever wins, Zelenskyy or this guy, let the people decide, after all, isn’t that what a “Democracy” is all about
Zaluzhnyi is liked in Ukraine, as the man who coordinated the defense and stopped the Russians from taking over the country.
He is widely viewed as a rare, not-corrupt general.
So I have been told by people who spent and are spending a lot of time in Ukraine.
Zelenski has screwed the pooch.....
Zelensky did his job when he was needed. But it’s time for someone new.
First I’ve heard of him but he has my vote.
Can he make Ukraine stand on their own two feet?
If you mean by “did his job” perpetuating corruption and covering up the corruption of the Ukrainian ruling class, you are correct!
“...a spat between the two men, following Zaluzhnyi’s claims the war had hit a stalemate and a Ukrainian breakthrough was unlikely.”
Unless impaling Uke conscripts on Soviet weaponry is acceptable, and yes I said Soviet. I will not quibble to the fact that there remains a lot of Soviet blood running through the veins of Russian politicial movers and shakers. Don’t deny it. It’s obvious.
I do believe, despite all that, in the beginning he did rally the people.
Yes, but is he a puppet of Brussels? And are his views any different than the standard "we will fight to the last Ukrainian?"
It appears he urged negotiations before he was relieved of command.
It does not sound like a Brussels line of propaganda.
perhaps, but there is even more Soviet blood running through the veins of neoCON “republicans” and Democrats right here in America.
This general fights...
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The guy had to deal with Milley...for all anyone knows Milley was calling Putin behind his back.
Given that he is working with the Labour Party in Britain, it's highly unlikely that he's Trump's choice to replace Zelensky.
You remind me of the liberals calling Trump “Hitler.”
Hyperbole is just lazy.
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