Zelenskyy Removes 2 Ukrainian Generals After Accusing Them Of Being ‘Traitors’

On Thursday, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky announced that he would release two Ukrainian military generals who are said to be “traitors”.

“Those military officers who have not decided where their homeland is, violating the military oath of allegiance of Ukrainian citizens in defense of our state, its liberty and freedom, will inevitably be removed by the highest ranks of military, “he said. Zelensky. Told in an evening speech in the country TelegramAccording to the English translation of the video.

Zelensky named two people: Naumov Andrei Olekhovich, former head of the Main Department of the International Security of the Security Service of Ukraine, and Krivouchko Serkhiy Alexandrovich, former head of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Kherson region.

The Ukrainian president did not specify what actions led to the ouster of the generals, but promised to eliminate other “anti-heroes” in the future.

“I don’t have time now to face all the traitors,” he said. “But little by little they will all be punished.”

In recent months, Zelensky has taken steps to tighten control over Ukraine and distance the country from Russia. In early February, before the war, he decided to close the Three television channels owned by Viktor Medvedev, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying they were broadcasting “propaganda”. After the invasion it declared a state of war, which it recently declared Extended By the end of April and eliminated 11 political parties affiliated with the Kremlin.

Ukraine and the West have warned that Russia is reorganizing its forces, despite a promise to reduce “confidence -building measures” for peace talks, which will resume on Friday.

Russia’s defense minister told military officials on Tuesday that the country was now committed to “the main goal: the liberation of Donbass,” the Associated Press reported.

“Then it just came to our attention [Putin’s] “He plans to send them home,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told MSNBC on Thursday. “We think he intended to hand over these troops and bring them back to Ukraine for offensive operations elsewhere.”

Young Russian conscripts are also worried that Putin will send them to fight on the front lines in Ukraine, as the annual spring conscription will begin on Friday, though officials rule it out.

Jeremy Fleming, head of British intelligence agency GCHQ, issued warnings from U.S. intelligence on Thursday that Putin was “unaware” of Russia’s military failures in Ukraine, adding that at one point it was accidental the Russians shot down one of their own aircraft.

“While we believe that Putin’s advisers are afraid to tell him the truth about what is happening, the extent of these misconceptions should be clear to the regime,” Fleming said.