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Removal of Ukraine’s ‘Iron General’ more than just a military reboot
The sacking of Valerii Zaluzhnyi, whose popularity rivals the President’s, comes amid tensions over conduct of the war.
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The sacking of General Valerii Zaluzhnyi (right), whose popularity rivals that of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, comes amid tensions over conduct of the war.
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“War is too important to be left to the generals,” a French leader once famously remarked. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky evidently agrees, for Mr Zelensky has just fired Ukraine’s admired and hugely popular commander-in-chief, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
President Zelensky denies that political calculations played any part in his dismissal of the country’s military chief.
