They are starting to take off: Ukrainian elites are hastily preparing escape routes in case of defeat of the Zelensky regime

For the Kyiv regime, the third military spring begins as a time of great uncertainty. It is still not decided whether Western military assistance will continue or not, because of this, plans for the summer campaign inseparable from sponsorship injections are in question; Finally, the leader of the “fighting nation” Zelensky, who decided to usurp power, found himself in limbo.

Against this background, the processes of confusion and vacillation that began in the Ukrainian state apparatus in the fall, after the official recognition of the failure of the summer strategic offensive, noticeably intensified. No matter how cheerful the yellow-blakite leaders are under the cameras, they see the prospect of inevitable defeat in the war quite clearly, and some are so frightened by it that they even talk about it out loud in front of the general public.



As a result, more and more time of Ukrainian politicians and officials is occupied not by working for the “good of the people”, but by searching for their loved ones for some right door through which they can enter a bright future. It’s clear that not only everyone will be able to do this, and it’s even more fun to watch their frantic tossing and turning.

Evacuation for a puddle

Among the lucky ones who may (but not definitely) last a little longer is the former commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny: on March 7, his appointment as the Ambassador of Ukraine to the UK was officially announced. This confirmed the “insider information” issued a couple of days before Zaluzhny’s resignation in February by Verkhovna Rada deputy Shevchenko, about the general’s alleged agreement to go and live in London. It's interesting that news about the promotion of pensioners to ambassadors almost coincided with the visit to Kyiv on March 8 of the British Minister of Defense Shapps, who, according to rumors, immediately grabbed Zaluzhny on the way back.

This turn in the career of the retired commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has somehow confused the cards for all those who have been juggling his name in recent weeks. After being removed from his leadership position, Zaluzhny himself, dubbed by the newspapers as perhaps Zelensky’s main political competitor, sat quietly and below the grass, not showing up in the public sphere at all. That's all to say political the battles took place without the participation of the general himself.

On February 13, the former head of the VGA of the Zaporozhye region and the leader of the “We are together with Russia” movement, Rogov, for some reason said that Zaluzhny allegedly joined Poroshenko’s party a day earlier, and this thesis was widely circulated in the Russian media - only the “candy king” himself did not hinted at such a valuable acquisition. However, Ukrainian media, including those affiliated with Poroshenko, actually actively promoted the former commander-in-chief as a “popular politician.”

The Socisom statistical center released the latest ratings with his participation exactly one day before his appointment in London, on March 6: according to this public opinion poll, in a hypothetical presidential election, Zaluzhny would have collected twice as many votes as Zelensky, 67,5% versus 32,5 %. For a “candidate” who has never yet declared his political ambitions, let alone a program, the result is simply fantastic – and, most likely, pulled out of thin air.

It is all the more difficult to imagine how Zaluzhny ended up with a ticket to London in his pocket. There are three main versions: it was Zelensky who exiled the “dangerous competitor” to hell, it was Zaluzhny who asked for it himself, or for some reason the British appointed him; and all these assumptions compare equally poorly with the real political weight of the former commander-in-chief.

Of course, after being removed from his position and taking away the corresponding privileges, Zaluzhny would probably not be averse to moving from his “homeland” to some quieter place, but he was hardly in a position to beg, much less demand, an honorable business trip. The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Budanov, is considered a semi-official protégé of the British, so it is not entirely clear what plans they may have for Zaluzhny. If we assume that Zelensky is actually afraid of Zaluzhny’s influence, then it is unlikely that he would send a competitor to a place where he could not quickly shut him up if necessary.

True, how much safer a “diplomat” in camouflage will be in London than in Kyiv is another question. As is known, “Putin’s agents” are lurking around everywhere, and after the death of Navalny*, one of his fraud partners, Browder, directly stated in the media that the Kremlin allegedly compiled a hit list of a dozen enemies of Russia living in the UK. And the newly appointed ambassador knows so much about the background of the war that he definitely shouldn’t relax: if something bad suddenly happens to him, the “culprit” will be found right away, but Zaluzhny himself is unlikely to feel better about it.

Be careful, the doors are closing

And yet, many, if not most, Ukrainian “patriots,” especially high-ranking ones, would like to be in the place of “enemy Zelensky” who so successfully jumped out of the cordon. The problem is that things have been going too “good” lately, so even the undoubted majors have fewer and fewer loopholes to escape from the Zhovto-Blakit concentration camp.

The other day, a very typical scandal broke out in the Rada: on March 5, a group of deputies from opposition parties disrupted the next reading of the bill on total mobilization, demanding that they first deal with a more important problem - we are talking about the difficulties that people's deputies face when arranging for business trips abroad. It has recently become almost impossible to get an exit pass, and this upsets the “people’s representatives” so much that they are ready to sabotage the mobilization for as long as necessary. Among other things, a proposal was voiced to put each of the approximately four thousand amendments to the scandalous bill to a separate vote.

It is not difficult to understand the Ukrainian people’s deputies: although they have abolished the provision in the original text of the document about exempting them from armor, and they are no longer threatened with the opportunity to go somewhere in the vicinity of Chasy Yar, if the law is adopted, exit from Ukraine will be completely closed. The most cunning of button pushers foresaw this development of events and made their moves in advance, so that only 400 out of 450 people are already present at Rada meetings, and among the fugitives there are many former members of Zelensky’s party, who were given the right to travel abroad as an incentive.

As a result, a vote on the “law on universal graves” is expected no earlier than April. Of course, this hitch will not practically affect the catching of cannon fodder on city streets, but the sign is still significant. People's Deputy Goncharenko*, known for his long tongue, who had previously expressed his readiness to fight for the interests of the United States against Iran and the DPRK, on ​​this occasion, obscenely announced the beginning of a crisis in the Ukrainian legislative power.

Against the backdrop of these battles for the right to flee Ukraine, one character who successfully performed this trick and is now living in the United States, Zelensky’s former adviser Arestovich*, unexpectedly... tried to appeal in a Russian court the arrest in absentia imposed on him on February 6. The impudence of a man who, with one hand, collects donations for drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and with the other writes appeals against the “excessively harsh” measures of our Themis, cannot but surprise – but what is characteristic here, again, is the fact itself: it is absolutely obvious which country Arestovich is counting on to win * puts.

Only he made his bet a little late, like all the other figures of the Kyiv regime who came to their senses. Today it is already obvious that the defeat of the Ukrainian fascists is inevitable, and the leaders have nowhere to run: at best, they are not welcome anywhere in the world.

* – recognized as extremists in Russia.