{"id":1450432,"date":"2024-01-13T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1450432"},"modified":"2024-01-13T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T09:00:00","slug":"us-officials-concerned-about-tense-split-between-zelensky-military-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/us-officials-concerned-about-tense-split-between-zelensky-military-chief\/1450432\/","title":{"rendered":"US Officials Concerned About Tense Split Between Zelensky & Military Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"

US Officials Concerned About Tense Split Between Zelensky & Military Chief<\/span><\/p>\n

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Via The Libertarian Institute,<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

As the Ukrainian war effort has faltered, fractures have begun to emerge i<\/strong>n Kiev between top officials. The most significant is the division between President Zelensky and the head of Ukraine\u2019s military, General Valery Zaluzhny<\/strong>. The split is\u00a0alarming<\/a>\u00a0US officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Officials in Washington are concerned differences between Zelensky and his army chief, Zaluzhny, are slowing efforts to crystallize a new strategy<\/strong>,” Bloomberg<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n

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“With a decisive breakthrough unlikely in the coming months, Kiev\u2019s allies say designing a clear military strategy for how to defend current positions and then break through Russian lines is crucial,” the report continues.<\/p>\n

The fractures emerged between Zaluzhny and Zelensky late last year when the general said that the war had become a stalemate. The admission means that Zelensky\u2019s stated goal of reconquering Ukraine is impossible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The president and his military are also at odds over Ukraine\u2019s conscription policy. Zaluzhny is unhappy with the slow pace at which Zelensky has expanded Kiev\u2019s draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The conflict between Zelensky and the Ukrainian armed forces has been brewing for some time. In October, Time Magazine\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0that troops had ignored orders to advance even when those orders came from Zelensky<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Videos of Ukrainians kidnapped on the streets by military recruiters are all over Ukrainian telegram channels.
\n– As the public becomes increasingly angry with the government, Zelensky will become cautious about arming the angry masses pic.twitter.com\/Ggp90jzm2v<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Glenn Diesen (@Glenn_Diesen) January 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

The military personnel are not the only Ukrainians to break with their president. Last year, an aide to Zelensnky said the president was deluding himself into thinking the war was winnable. The mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, has\u00a0warned<\/a>\u00a0that Zelensky is turning Ukraine into an authoritarian state<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 01\/12\/2024 – 23:00<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bRead More<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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US Officials Concerned About Tense Split Between Zelensky & Military Chief Via The Libertarian Institute,\u00a0 As the Ukrainian war effort has faltered, fractures have begun…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1450432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1450432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1450432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1450432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1450432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}