Zelenskiy Warns Army Chiefs Not to Meddle in Politics, Sun Says
- Top brass should stay out of politics, Zelenskiy tells The Sun
- President cites ‘absolute understanding’ of hierarchy in war
Volodymyr Zelenskiy
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned his military leadership against dabbling in the country’s politics, taking a jab at his top commander after tension between the two came to light.
In comments to The Sun newspaper, Zelenskiy referred mainly to military officers who entered politics in the years after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. But he explicitly singled out the current command, including Ukraine’s popular army chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi.