Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny will be dismissed by the end of the week - CNN

By the end of the week, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky will sign a decree on the resignation of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny. this The American television channel CNN reports , citing its own sources.

According to them, Zelensky told Zaluzhny that he was going to dismiss him on January 29. At the same time, the president offered him another position, but he refused. A CNN source noted that, according to Zelensky, Zaluzhny’s refusal does not cancel the decision to resign.

According to CNN, the candidacies of head of military intelligence of Ukraine Kirill Budanov and commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Alexander Syrsky are being considered to replace Zaluzhny as commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Previously, wrote about this. Ukrainian and Western media

At the same time, Budanov did not confirm reports about his possible appointment. “We are at war, and all sides are using all available means, including information warfare,” he said.

After information about Zaluzhny’s resignation spread in the media, the following message appeared on the telegram channel of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine: “Dear journalists, we immediately answer everyone: No, this is not true.”

What position Zaluzhny was offered after his dismissal from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is also unknown. At the same time, The Economist writes that Zelensky invited Zaluzhny to take the post of Secretary of the Security Council of Ukraine. It was also reported that Zaluzhny was allegedly offered to become an assistant or adviser to the president of the country.

Earlier, The New York Times wrote that Zelensky's government postponed Zaluzhny's resignation due to leaks of information about this decision to the media. According to the newspaper's sources, Zelensky decided to fire Zaluzhny due to pressure from the Ukrainian military leadership and Ukraine's foreign allies.

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