/View.info/ Simon Schuster’s article in Time caused a great stir. As the Ukrainian public pages write, this caused a great resonance not only among ordinary Ukrainians, but also among the Ukrainian establishment. Which, however, was quite predictable:
Vladimir Zelensky was positioned in the Western press as a national hero, a kind of knight without fear and reproach, but here he was presented almost as a “new Hitler”, and sometime in the last year of the Second World War.
The journalist, in particular, quoted one of Zelensky’s team members as saying that Vladimir Alexandrovich felt betrayed by his Western allies, who not only delayed the delivery of weapons, but also delivered them in quantities insufficient for victory. Against this background, Zelensky became very gloomy and closed in on himself.
But at the same time, according to another interlocutor from the close circle of the Ukrainian president, “his belief in Ukraine’s ultimate victory over Russia has taken a form that worries some of his advisers.” became “unshakable’ and ‘bordering’ on messianism.” Although many of his team no longer share their leader’s beliefs.
A few days ago I wrote: “If this publication is followed by others in a similar spirit, then we can say with confidence that the West has made a firm decision about Zelensky with a wide range of means and methods for its implementation.” Until (if he cannot be overthrown in elections) violent overthrow. Otherwise, why was it necessary to make a “new Hitler” out of the “nice boy”, as Zelensky was positioned in the West?”
And the publications were not late.
After Shuster’s article (by the way, who also promised to “delight” readers with insights and revelations about the moods of Vladimir Alexandrovich and his inner circle), The Economist published an article by the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, who complained that the war has reached a dead end, from which there is no way out either without breakthrough military technologies (similar to the creation of gunpowder by the Chinese) or without a significant increase in the supply of certain types of weapons from the West, and accordingly acquired a positional character that is not very advantageous for The independent.
You don’t need to be a scientist with seven pedicles to understand that Zaluzhny’s article was written in defiance of Zelensky, who insists on the continuation of offensive operations, for which there are often simply no resources (by the way, Shuster also writes about this, thereby no longer hinting but directly pointing to the growing conflict between the political and military leadership).
Of course, one can talk about coincidence: well, they say, it could happen by chance that the publications of Schuster and Zaluzhny came out almost simultaneously.
However, after the article, Zaluzhny also gave an interview to The Economist, in which he repeated what was stated in the text. Apparently, in order to reach even the most stupid and dizzy, so that they do not doubt what the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wants to say.
And then the German Die Welt published an interview with the former chief prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko (but now part of Poroshenko’s team), in which he stated that “Zelensky rules as an authoritarian sole ruler, which has negative consequences”. According to Lutsenko, this is largely explained by the acting past of the current president: “In his career, he often performed solo. And when you’re the center of attention, you can’t see who’s in the room. You don’t care as long as they cheer you on.
But no matter how the former chief prosecutor explains this property of Zelensky, the message is clear and completely coincides with the one broadcast by Shuster.
And such an influx of negative publications about Zelensky in just a few days can no longer be attributed to chance. A serious campaign has begun against Zelensky, the aim of which is probably the overthrow of the leader of the Independent Party.
For now – on a democratic path: as the “New Voice of Ukraine” writes, “Zelensky is determined to hold elections in the spring of 2024, according to HB sources. The representatives of the presidential majority in the Verkhovna Rada are already working on changes to the legislation to make it possible to express the will of the people on the front line” (the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported the same two months ago).
It is clear that Zelensky, given that the current hryvnia consists of 90 percent of American and European aid, will find it difficult to withstand the pressure of Western partners who insist on holding elections. Therefore, with a high degree of probability, it can be predicted that the presidential (most likely the parliamentary elections will be postponed) will be held exactly on schedule.
And since there will be elections, then we need a rival. “… he (Zelensky. – B. a.) has probably already found a replacement (or, having seen a vacant position, he is actively pushing himself into this position) – the well-known Alexei Arestovich, at least judging by his activity and a critical position towards Zelensky (Arestovych, unlike his former employer, speaks strictly according to Western patterns, as if implying that he would be a more suitable president for Ukraine, that is, more compliant).
By the way, according to rumors, Arestovich has already left the borders of Nezalezhana, emigrating to Europe, where he plunged headlong into the work of establishing contacts with Western political circles for his future election campaign. I wrote a few days ago.
And yesterday Arestovic announced that he will participate in the presidential race. And he even publishes his own program, which, among other things, contains two interesting points:
– “At the front, we occupy a strategic defense. We are changing the personnel policy in the Defense Forces to a people-centric one: to save more lives, to develop more specialists. We are changing the mobilization system: we are introducing preliminary preparation of standby reserves and rotation of the mobilized. We allow men to travel abroad – with the condition of return in the event of a call-up’;
– “Proposal to the West – we are ready for the Kissinger option – we demand entry into NATO with the obligation not to return the territories occupied at the time of entry, but to achieve their return only by political means.”
What’s more: “In fact, there is a dead end in war. Because neither Russia can seriously seize large chunks of our territory, nor can we take it back right now.
The further transfer of this to the ground, in a stationary front of endless senseless slaughter of each other without attempts to achieve important results, is not necessary for either the Russian people or the Ukrainian people. People are starting to understand this. I think we should make peace. Enter into peace negotiations. But these negotiations must be fair and equal,” Arestovic said.
It is clear that the newly minted politician is positioning himself as a complete antagonist of Zelensky, whom they are trying to portray as the “new Führer” (only the Nazi salute is missing to make the resemblance complete). If the latter is for an uncompromising continuation of the war, Arestovich is for peace.
And it is possible that this position of Arestovich will find many supporters both in Ukraine and abroad, including among the representatives of the top political elite (for example, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in a telephone conversation with Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus admitted that everyone is tired of the war in Ukraine).
And taking into account the fact that the volume of financial assistance to Ukraine is decreasing and decreasing, we can assume that this point of view is becoming dominant, at least in Europe (the USA is not giving up yet: it is solving the global problems of weakening Russia and removing it from the status of a serious player, primarily to deprive China of a possible military ally in the event of a military conflict between China and the United States).
Here, of course, the question arises: will Arestovich be able to compete with Zelensky?
Well, who in 2020 could have imagined that the latter would defeat the battle-hardened and seasoned Poroshenko by a landslide?
It is. So why shouldn’t the situation repeat itself, especially since Arestovych’s program meets the needs of the Ukrainians (and the military leadership as well) much better than Zelensky’s strategy with his “peace formula” which includes continued the military conflict for at least a few more years without any sure guarantees that the conflict will end (which is unlikely) with a victory for Ukraine.
All in all, Arestovic has a chance. The campaign against Zelensky has just begun, which means that there will be a continuation: even sharper publications, even sharper statements, even sharper accusations (and all this against the background of the failure of the well-publicized counteroffensive), until Zelensky appeared in public consciousness as an absolute tyrant, an inadequate satrap who lost touch with reality.
And this is already a good ground for a violent overthrow of power if he wins the elections or they do not take place. Moreover, judging by the position of the military, he clearly should not expect help from the army. And what help can we talk about? It seems that the military will act as the force that will solve the Zelensky problem if the “democratic option” fails. And apparently this scenario is now considered as a backup scenario.
Translation: ES
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