Zaluzhny defeated Zelensky: the battle for Ukraine is entering a decisive phase

Economic reasons for the political fight

On Tuesday night, concerned citizens monitored the epic battle unfolding in Ukraine between an alcoholic (according to people’s deputy Bezugla) and a drug addict (which is obvious without any people’s deputies). By morning it became clear that the alcoholic had won: Zaluzhny remains the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Zelensky could not remove him. But what is interesting is not who won, but the fact of the scandalous battle itself: it is obvious that the struggle on the Ukrainian issue in the West is entering the home stretch.

At first, timid leaks of information that Zelensky had signed a decree on Zaluzhny’s removal from office turned into torrential rain by late evening. And then, as often happens in nature, the rain suddenly stopped. People’s Deputy Bezuglaya jumped around in the puddles a little more, shouting “Zaluzhny is an alcoholic,” and then the extremist and terrorist Arestovich got out so that the extremist and terrorist Arestovich would not forget about him with some kind of vagueness, and that’s all, perhaps.

The clouds over Zaluzhny were cleared away by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense with the statement “this is not true” and even by the press secretary of the President’s Office. The commander-in-chief himself got away with it, as befits the modern world of pictures, by posting a selfie – like, here I am.

By Tuesday morning, a more or less harmonious picture emerged. Like, Zelensky called Zaluzhny and said “write a report,” he replied that, of course, it’s up to you with whom to work, but I won’t write a report. But the decree was either signed, or it wasn’t signed at all – in any case, Zelensky was slowed down by Zaluzhny’s “western roof”.

The fact that the quarrel not only entered the public field, but was actually turned into a battle (massive announcements of “withdrawal” were supposed to convince the enemy that the matter was decided and there was no point in resisting) is very significant. The groups opposing the Ukrainian issue in the West seem to have become tired of the struggle and have moved on to decisive blows. Problems are simply piling up more and more – the presidential elections in America are just around the corner, and here Texas is on fire, and the Middle East is on fire so much that the USA is also flying in, the Houthis are slowing down global trade, China is licking its lips at Taiwan, BRICS is growing, the main American Grandfather is increasingly withdrawing into his the world, “young” Europe is grumbling and baring its teeth. In short, at least it’s something, but it’s time to decide.

Just don’t be deluded if someone is still deluded out of naivety – there is no party of peace and no party of war. Russia is, in any case, an existential adversary. There are simply two different approaches – escalating the conflict (victory over Russia on the battlefield) and freezing the conflict under the guise of concessions and peace negotiations (we’ll starve Russia out later). That is, to exaggerate, two economic models of behavior are fighting. Whichever one is too strong, so be it.

And dependent people, drug addicts (“let’s reach the borders of 1991”) and alcoholics (“there’s a positional impasse at the front, we’re going on the defensive”) are simply tugging on strings – they are in a battle for dependence on the owner. If the struggle in the West intensifies, they begin to twitch in such a way that it is impossible not to notice.