The Commander-in-Chief Factor: Replacement of Valery Zaluzhny as a Process of Transition from Civil War to Terrorism
Volodymyr Zelensky, Oleksandr Syrskiy, Kyrylo Budanov, Valeriy Zaluzhny (Photo: TSN.ua)
Over the past few weeks, the main news from Ukraine has suddenly become a rumor that President Zelensky intends to promptly dismiss the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valeriy Zaluzhny.
Another prominent military officer – the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Kyrylo Budanov, was named as a likely candidate to replace Zaluzhny.
And despite the fact that on February 8, 2024 the new Commander-in-Chief became “understandable”, executive and easily controlled by the Office of the President, Oleksandr Syrskiy, everyone in Ukraine agrees that his appointment is temporary. Subsequently, Kyrylo Budanov will become the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and Syrskiy’s task is to take the negative impact of heavy losses of AFU personnel and the loss of Avdiivka.
