According to Ukrainian media, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi's office has denied a rumor circulating on social media that the commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valery Zalužnyi had been fired.
In Ukrainian and on Monday, a rumor started circulating on Russian social media that the commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhnyi would have been fired.
The unconfirmed, anonymous allegations spread on Telegram channels following the war gained publicity throughout the day.
President of Ukraine to Volodymyr Zelensky the chancellery denied the accuracy of the information late on Monday Ukrainska Pravdan when the reporter asked about it.
“Absolutely not. The president has not fired the commander of the armed forces,” Zelensky's press secretary Serhii Nykyforov told.
Ukrainian tensions between the military and civilian leadership have become public, especially after the largely failed counter-offensive in Ukraine that began in the summer.
These tensions have personified the Zalužnys and the Zelenskys, who have spoken at cross-purposes with each other in the media.
At the end of the year, attention was drawn to Zalužny in November The Economist – magazine, in which he said that the war had reached a stalemate. Zelenskyi hastened to deny this assessment, AFP reported at the time, among others.
Tensions have been increased by the armed forces' request for the mobilization of half a million people as a reserve received at the end of the year. The Ukrainian parliament has not yet received the latest mobilization proposal for consideration, reported Ukrainska Pravda last week.
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