Valery Zaluzhnyi, the former chief commander of the Ukrainian army, said in an interview with British media that the Russia-Ukraine conflict has entered a new phase, which is a war of attrition. Zaluzhnyi also publicly mocked the deployment of the British-French joint forces in Ukraine, stating that Ukraine needs a force capable of shooting down 500 drones over Kyiv, and that Ukraine does not need soldiers wearing flashy red pants, because the Russia-Ukraine conflict is no longer a traditional war.
Zaluzhnyi, who lost the power struggle with Zelenskyy, still enjoys high prestige among the military and the public, so Zelenskyy dares not touch him, and can only send him to the UK as an ambassador. Many Western media outlets have called on Zelenskyy to resign and flee abroad, and Zaluzhnyi is seen as a potential replacement for Zelenskyy. American journalist Seymour Hersh even stated that Zelenskyy will be ousted in the coming months, and Zaluzhnyi will replace him as president.
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