[Zelensky] said he was contemplating the move to ensure the country remains led by individuals who are “convinced of victory” against Russia.
is so fucked
to ensure the country remains led by individuals who are “convinced of victory” against Russia
Surrounding yourself with yes-men in the middle of a war you're losing is always a great idea.
Worked for Ngô Đình Diệm
Until, you know, the thing
So I suppose running the war like a start-up is going really great
Hey now Walmart and Amazon ran st a loss 📉 for a long time and created some of the most wealthy bastards on earth. So a war run by the same Wall Street logic should yeild the same results 
just keep spending in deficit until your competition can't keep up and closes shop.
Zelensky being assassinated by his own army would be Double Christmas. Do the funniest thing possible and end the war tomorrow.
He's the goofball half pint underling that does what he's told with a smile. Killing him would be about as meaningful as blowing up a big "Slava Ukraine" billboard.
It wouldn't do much domestically beyond give peacemakers a chance to assert their power, but internationally Zelensky is the only charismatic Ukrainian liberals have attached to and I don't think they can replace him with someone similar. Ukraine's next leader isn't going to have the same ability to convince foreign voters to keep giving them money. If it causes a spiral of instability, that also forces Ukraine to the negotiating table all the same. It's an inevitability that I don't think has drawbacks if the goal is to end the war.
internationally Zelensky is the only charismatic Ukrainian liberals have attached to
Because he's been the one getting all the attention and praise. Modi gets the same treatment in India. Macron gets the same treatment in France. Milei has been getting big glow-ups in Argentina since he began running for office. NPR/CNN/et-al are still trying to make Navalny a thing in Russia.
They could bring in new media darlings if they wanted to. It would just take a bunch of work, running this person through the media machine a few dozen times until Americans were comfortable with them again. But then... why? What's the point? When you already have Zelensky and he's already doing literally everything you ask of him, what else do you actually need?
Zaluzhny isn't a peace maker. He's very much aligned with the psychotic far right in ukraine. He doesn't want to make peace, he wants to stop hurling away people on political objectives that have no military value (bakhmut, idiotic counteroffensives, hold the line at all costs type thinking that dominates the zelensky gang)
It’d just be blamed on Russia. The West will never report on such an event.
Ukrainian president confirms he’s thinking about dismissing the country’s military chief
That doesn't sound like something one should just openly say if they don't want to get coup'd. Either just do it or shut up about it until you do.
"Hello, guy who's in control of my military? I might or might not dismiss you, idk tho"
You're absolutely right. Just look at him:
If I casted a 2005 movie about a Ukrainian wartime coup I would be begging for Zelensky and this guy to play the two main roles
Literal sapient meatball
He has surpassed the thumb phenotype to become something greater
The Lengendary Soldier, Big Toe
I mean it would be very funny if Zaluzhny snapped Zelenskyyyyyy like a twig and fed him to vultures
If Zaluzhny would just clap more and believe harder Ukraine could transcend material reality and tap into the Great Narrative to achieve victory
Zelenskyy said “we have 30 million people in this country” when questioned about whether the army has sufficient manpower
Don’t worry the superior Ukrainian Will shall bolster the volk into an undefeatable army! The women, children, elderly, disabled and cowardly politicians remaining will win!
If Zelensky had any brains at all he'd resign, grab a bag, and dip the fuck out
He's asking for a bullet now lmao
Zelensky tries 2 years too late to prevent the inevitable azovite stab in the back myth
too much coke, dude. your brain can only handle the flood of dopamine so long before you start really believing your own hype.
a soft coup would just be locking zelensky in a room and cut him off for like 3 days
I get the appeal, the only time I was into map games was when I was doing a lot of blow.
Coup incoming?
First as farce then as a yet unknown (yet likely highly comedic) coup-borne phenomenon in cyclical history 
Except if Luzhie wins, then it just wraps around to tragedy. Whatever happens will at least settle the long running “loop vs. spiral” debate in marxohegelian historical analysis 
Radio WarNerd has several episodes on the conflict between Zelensky and Zaluzhny. The TLDR is basically a struggle between the civilian institution and the military one. As the war progresses and society gets militarized, the former institution is being questioned.
Isn't this what we are told Putin did. Replaced all his top guys with yes men?
Just warming up the public for it now at this point. Zaluzhnyi is very popular, more so than Zelensky.
This is PUTIN-ganda. Why must you spread these lies hexbear?
Ukraine is a DEMOCRACY and has no power struggles
"To the last Ukranian!"
Aren’t there like 300k dead Ukrainians
It’s closing in on 500,000. It’s a little higher than 450,000-460,000.
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
Yeah modern warfare is very deadly. Ukraine is the very definition of a transitional moment where old ways of thinking are smashed against new realities.
You know that famous saying "changing horse mid stream is always a good idea"
Wait I thought it happened days ago
I'm here to confirm that I'm thinking of confirming that I'm thinking of being gay and doing crime.
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