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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Communism ended in Russia, while its virulent Omicron variant infected statist and debt-bloated Brussels and Washington DC.
Amen.
Only if one considers having reverence toward Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera as being non-corrupt.
Zaluzhnyi has repeatedly has picture with pictures of Bandera hanging the background.
He is the neo-Nazi choice to replace Zelensky.
Zelensky might now seek a way to have him killed.
The wiki suggests this would be the last guy Trump would want.
There is zero, as in zero, mention of parents or spouse. There are two daughters, one in the military (duties unspecified) and the other in med school.
Much too cute. Nothing about parents is somewhat unheard of.
His military education was in Odessa. Not exactly top quality.
It’s a brit publication, suggesting they know who Trump wants. They know nothing.
Ukraine needs a leader who does not know how to play the piano....
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