THE PRESIDENT VS. THE GENERAL

Ukrainian General Valery Zaluzhny wants the war to end now, and President Volodymyr Zelensky may just have fired him

Feb 01, 2024

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shakes the hand of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny during the official celebration of Ukrainian Independence Day on August 24, 2023 in Kyiv. / Photo by Alexey Furman/Getty Images.

It’s suddenly a tabloid war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is reported to have demanded that General Valery Zaluzhny, the battle-scarred and much respected commander of Ukraine’s armed forces, resign. Zaluzhny has said nothing in public, but his spokesman has denied that his boss was fired.

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