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Ukraine's defence minister sacked as Zelensky prepares 'new approach'
The Telegraph via Yahoo ^ | September 3rd, 2023 | James Kilner

Posted on 09/03/2023 5:42:18 PM PDT by Mariner

Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked his wartime minister of defence and replaced him with a trusted political ally who took part in failed peace talks last year with Russia.

The dismissal of Oleksii Reznikov, who has headed Ukraine’s defence ministry since Russia invaded in February 2022, needs to be approved by the Ukrainian parliament.

“I believe that the Ministry needs new approaches and other formats of interaction with both the military and society at large,” Mr Zelensky said.

The 57-year-old Mr Reznikov became one of the most high-profile Ukrainians of the war, representing Ukraine at Nato meetings and dozens of bilateral talks to secure billions of pounds worth of funding and cutting-edge kit to fight Russia.

But his period as defence minister has been tarnished by corruption allegations and Mr Zelensky has been close to firing him previously.

Earlier this year, Mr Reznikov nearly lost his job after an investigation into inflated prices that the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence was paying for soldiers’ rations.

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Does one corrupt man in an ocean of corruption matter?

He's been very effective, and in the dire straits Ukraine finds itself that should be enough.

His replacement is a Z loyalist and political hack.

1 posted on 09/03/2023 5:42:18 PM PDT by Mariner
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To: Mariner

They will continue to lose no matter what.


2 posted on 09/03/2023 5:46:14 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: Mariner

I suspect that he had a problem with sending fellow Ukrainians to their deaths against the Russian Defense Lines.

So, yes, makes sense that the Neocons sent him to the showers.


3 posted on 09/03/2023 5:48:29 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone)
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To: DarthVader

Looks like because of the failed counter-attack Washington demanded a change before they’ll give the Ukrainians the next batch of money and arms.


4 posted on 09/03/2023 5:49:48 PM PDT by Venkman
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To: Mariner

Who has had more “new approaches”? Is it Zelensky, or DeSantis?


5 posted on 09/03/2023 5:50:32 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (They say "Our Democracy" but they mean Cosa Nostra.)
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To: Venkman

True but it won’t make much of a difference.


6 posted on 09/03/2023 5:51:17 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: Mariner

Round up the RINOs and neocons in this country and send them to the front lines in Ukraine. The image of Turd Blossom in tactical gear and a helmet makes me laugh.


7 posted on 09/03/2023 5:56:49 PM PDT by twister881
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To: Mariner

Biden having someone in Ukraine fired? That would never happen! /s


8 posted on 09/03/2023 5:57:48 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: twister881

He’s got the moon face to be a member of the corrupt Ukie oligarch class...


9 posted on 09/03/2023 6:01:29 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Mariner

Calver! Calver, what are you doing here? You’re dead!

I am not.

I saw ya!

You did not!

I did too.

Didn’t.

Did.

Didn’t!

Did!

Didn’t!

What are you trying to do make a fool out of me?


10 posted on 09/03/2023 6:09:56 PM PDT by conservativeimage (Divorce the Deep State Peacefully: Become a State National - tasa.americanstatenationals.org)
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To: Mariner

What, Biden and Zel and Putin not murdering off enough Christian white men for no good reason fast enough?


11 posted on 09/03/2023 6:11:36 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Mariner

Was the change in Ukraine’s military leadership originated in Kiev or in Washington, DC????


12 posted on 09/03/2023 6:14:49 PM PDT by elpadre
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To: Mariner

Reznikov was indeed a Ze loyalist who helped Ze steal and shared with him tons of aid. The US demanded to change his for their man for more than a year.


13 posted on 09/03/2023 6:20:36 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: Secret Agent Man

Nope, it must go on and on. The Globalist get thier rocks off on it.😡


14 posted on 09/03/2023 6:22:58 PM PDT by cowboyusa (UA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AN GLOBALISM! Trump 2024, NO more Mr Nice)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I wonder if RevMom was consulted before the decision was finalized . . .


15 posted on 09/03/2023 6:27:27 PM PDT by Charlemagne on the Fox
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com; SpeedyInTexas

More command changes for the Ukraine.

You guys both promote similar events in Russia as “the sky is falling”... but will pretend nothing is happening in YouCrane.

Noticing.


16 posted on 09/03/2023 6:32:22 PM PDT by Vlad0
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To: Mariner

Sacrificial lamb?


17 posted on 09/03/2023 6:34:11 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: DarthVader; All

“They will continue to lose no matter what.”

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

It seems like it’s actually Russia that is on the losing side.
They have spent 1,5 years losing +100.000 Russian soldiers trying to get to Kiev. And... they are far, very far away from Kiev, still.

Since the Russian invasion in February 2022, Ukrainians have actually managed to take back +50% of what Russia had originally managed to take. Thus, Russia is clearly retreating.

Lately the Ukrainians have pieced through Russias first and most powerful line of defense in the South.
So clearly, the momentum is on Ukraines side. Russia is continuing to retreat bit by bit every single day.

Basically, the only thing Russia has obtained is basically what they had already taken in 2014 already : Crimea, and Donbas. Nothing more in 1.5 years !!


18 posted on 09/03/2023 6:35:11 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE
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To: cowboyusa

And they of course want it to escalate. 90% of us all need to be wiped out according to them.


19 posted on 09/03/2023 6:36:38 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Charlemagne on the Fox

How very kind of you.


20 posted on 09/03/2023 6:38:44 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Pray for God's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine )
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