'Very inappropriate': Zelenskyy criticizes former Ukrainian army chief over comments on security raid
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Valerii Zaluzhnyi (photo: president.gov.ua)
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that it was "very inappropriate" for the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, to reveal internal conflict that occurred in 2022, the head of the Ukrainian state said in interview with AFP.
"Probably we all had the same emotion — whether it is too early for all this. I simply believe that today, discussing details that Valerii Fedorovych (Zaluzhnyi — ed.) spoke about is also very inappropriate. Because nobody will benefit from this. After all, this is about our army, which is fighting today. And he will not, so to speak, look good if he talks about this," Zelenskyy believes.
According to the president, he has not communicated with Zaluzhnyi after his high-profile interview. Now focus should be on other things, not on elections.
"And who said that I will definitely run in elections? Nobody said that I would run, and nobody said that I would not run, because war is ongoing. We must finish it with dignity. People will definitely react to everything and to everyone, judging by who lives how, who lived this time how, who was where, and who did what. In my opinion, this is the whole answer," he added.
At the same time, Zelenskyy added that he does not know whether Zaluzhnyi can become a good president of Ukraine.
What Zaluzhnyi said
Recently, Zaluzhnyi said that in September 2022, when he was commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, during the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the northeast, employees of the Security Service of Ukraine tried to search his office.
According to the former commander-in-chief, dozens of agents appeared in the office, where at that moment more than ten British officers were also present.
Zaluzhnyi blocked the inspection of documents and computers and appealed for explanations to the head of the Office of the President, Andrii Yermak, and the head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Vasyl Maliuk.
