Zelenskiy Aides Deny Split With General Over Stalemate Warning
- Ukrainian president contradicted war’s top commander publicly
- Recent incidents in the military are under investigation
Valeriy Zaluzhnyi
Photographer: Gleb Garanich/AFP/Getty Images
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Aides to the Ukrainian president sought to paper over cracks emerging between the nation’s political leader and its top military commander after the general warned of a “stalemate” as the war with Russia heads into its second winter.
Speculation about a growing rift between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the country’s army chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi arose after the widely respected military commander wrote in The Economist last week that the fight against Russia is becoming “positional” and needed technological breakthroughs to give his country an edge.