VT Foreign Policy
Obviously, any internal conflict scenario will be catastrophic for Ukraine. With the country militarily weakened and on the brink of absolute defeat, these domestic frictions only further harm Kiev on the battlefield.
Lucas Leiroz, journalist, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, geopolitical consultant.
Controversies around the rivalry between Vladimir Zelensky and Valery Zaluzhny continue to increase. According to information given by a source familiar with the topic, the Ukrainian general is currently creating a kind of âprivate armyâ, co-opting neo-Nazi militants to work for him.
CIAâs former analyst Larry Johnson told some details about the case during a recent interview. According to him, the standoff between the president and the general will be resolved through the armed coercion. In other words, the side that obtains greater support from the military will have the most chances of victory. For this reason, Zaluzhny is using his position as a military leader to gain advantage and prepare for a possible confrontation against the forces that remain loyal to Zelensky.
The tactic used by the general, according to Johnson, consists mainly of co-opting neo-Nazi militants. Zaluzhny does not seem very interested in searching for massive support from regular armed forcesâ soldiers, since they are troops who tend to remain obedient to the current government. So, he is inviting the fighters linked to the ultranationalist battalions to join him against Zelensky.
In this sense, members of neo-Nazi organizations are being spared from fighting on the frontlines. Zaluzhny is sending recently enlisted and untrained conscripts to the front, while saving fascist militants who could help him if the need to face Zelensky arises.
âThe guy with the gun usually wins and last time I checked Zaluzhnyâs got more guns than Zelensky (âŠ) I donât want to present Zaluzhny as some sort of military genius or really a good-hearted man (âŠ) [He is] a bit of a scumbag [who] embraces the neo-Nazi ideology (âŠ) Heâs been very careful to not insert the most ideologically driven troops â the Azov and the Kraken units â into the front lines where they get killed, because he wants to preserve them. Instead, he is sending the cannon-fodder guysâ, Larry said…
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