The feud between Ukraine’s president and army chief boils over
Is Valery Zaluzhny about to be fired?
Instability AT THE top of Ukraine’s wartime government was laid bare this week. On January 29th rumours swept Kyiv that the president, Volodymyr Zelensky, was about to fire his popular armed-forces commander, General Valery Zaluzhny, following weeks of reported tension. So far, Mr Zelensky has not announced the general’s removal. That does not mean his job is safe; it may simply be that his replacement has not yet been lined up. As The Economist went to press on February 1st, a messy situation had still not been resolved.
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