The emerging fissure between the general and the president comes as Ukraine is struggling in its war effort, militarily and diplomatically.
| The office of President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday chastised Ukraine’s top military commander for publicly declaring the war at a stalemate, suggesting the comments would help the Russian invasion.
The public censure of General Zaluzhny came a day after the president’s office replaced one of his deputies, the head of special operations forces, who after his firing said he had been blindsided by the dismissal. It was unclear whether General Zaluzhny, the overall commander of Ukraine’s forces, knew in advance of the planned dismissal.
US officials have hinted that Ukraine was to blame for dispersing its forces too widely. Mr Zelensky said his army did not receive sufficient weaponry to advance.in which he asserted that drone reconnaissance and other technologies had rendered mechanised assaults by either side impossible. “I believe that we have no right to even think about giving up, because what’s the alternative?” he added.
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