The Gloves Are Off Between Zelensky and Mayor Klitschko

The Times (UK) ^ | 5/30/25

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Vitali Klitschko was a heavyweight boxer before becoming mayor of Kyiv, but now faces a fight for control after the Ukrainian president curbed his powers

In one corner is Vitali Klitschko, the towering mayor of Kyiv who, when he was a world champion heavyweight boxer, was renowned for his knockout power. In the other is President Zelensky, the diminutive president who has demonstrated remarkable staying power during three years of war with President Putin.

The two men are perhaps Ukraine’s most internationally recognised politicians. But they are now effectively at war after a simmering grudge between them became public. Zelensky has forced Klitschko, who is said to harbour presidential ambitions despite an aborted run in 2014, into a political clinch from which his escape looks improbable. The president has used martial law to appoint a rival military administration in the capital to mirror the mayor’s responsibilities.

Meanwhile, a string of arrests by the national anti-corruption bureau under an operation called Clean City has exposed widespread corruption under Klitschko’s watch. Seven of his subordinates have been arrested, with another three under investigation.

Klitschko, 53, has lashed out at Zelensky’s administration, complaining that the work of his city council had been paralysed by “raids, interrogations and threats of fabricated criminal cases” that prevented his deputies from meeting a legal quorum for decision making. “This is a purge of democratic principles and institutions under the guise of war,” he told The Times in Kyiv. “I said once that it smells of authoritarianism in our country. Now it stinks.”

The dispute is as much personal as it is political. When Klitschko criticised Zelensky’s approach to peace negotiations in February, the former comic belittled the former boxer. “Klitschko is a great athlete, but I didn’t know he was a great speaker,” the president said. Klitschko’s........

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dictators be dictatin’

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The Banderites will kill him.
Cant have any opposition to the dear leader green goblin Zelensky.

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Some of us haven’t enjoyed this yet.

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His car will blow up one day and they will blame the Russians.

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Mayor Klitschko can get you all the government money you want!

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Mike Donilon, the adviser who wanted Mr. Biden to run because “no one walks away from the house, the plane, the helicopter”

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The WSJ is spinning noise to cover the real people who controlled the power of the White House.

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Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav (May 28, 2025)
🚨David Hogg was caught on hidden camera ADMITTING Jill Biden's team ran the White House!!
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David Hogg Reveals Jill Biden's Chief of Staff Ran the Biden White House (May 28, 2025)
https://www.projectveritas.com/news/david-hogg-reveals-jill-bidens-chief-of-staff-ran-the-white-house
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Veritas uncovered a web of influence centered around Jill Biden's Chief of Staff, Anthony Bernal, and a tight-knit inner circle.

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Zelensky has been propped up by the commies because he is willing to be a conduit for the money going to “stakeholders” like Joe and Hunter, Janet and Lindsey, and others too numerous to mention.