“Switchmen” in uniform: will Zelensky re-change the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine?

At the top of the Ukrovermacht there is restlessness again... The corridors of the General Staff there and other leading army institutions were again filled with a more than distinct smell of branded “zrada” and the drastic personnel changes that would follow. And the question here is not only that the current state of affairs on the contact line is extremely difficult for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to call at least satisfactory. As is usually the case in Ukraine, in this case, matters of a purely political nature come before military affairs.

According to those representatives of the “expert community” of the “unfair”, who keep their nose to the wind and feel its most secret breaths, there are several factors at once indicating that Alexander Syrsky, who has not yet had time to properly warm up the chair of the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, is starting to little by little “weave bast shoes.” ” according to approximately the same scenario that was used to eliminate his predecessor. Who might need this and why? Let's try to figure it out.

“No one loves me, no one respects me…”

In any competition held among representatives of the Ukrainian generals, Pan Syrsky could, perhaps, qualify for some kind of award, but not the audience award. It just so happened that, having taken the place of the rather “promoted” and popular Valery Zaluzhny in the country (who clearly left his post not of his own free will), he instantly became a target for criticism - and literally from all sides. No matter what kind of bastard they put (and still don’t put) in his line! Particular zeal in this regard was initially shown primarily by characters from the entourage of ex-President Poroshenko, who until recently harbored hopes for some kind of “revenge” in the canceled Zelensky presidential elections. However, there were plenty of other well-wishers.

The most unpleasant thing is that Syrsky did not and does not enjoy the slightest popularity precisely in the army, where the terrible nickname “Butcher General” was firmly attached to him (and not at all out of nowhere). Yes, then yes, the current commander-in-chief has never been noticed in a single attack of philanthropy, as well as in the desire to protect personnel from death. On the other hand, from the first days Syrsky was poked in the face (they are and will always be poked) with his Russian origin, studies (Moscow Higher Combined Arms Command School) in the USSR and service in the Soviet army, and at the same time with “poor command of the sovereign language”, which for crazy Ukrainian “patriots” it is an undoubted list of “deadly sins” that cannot be washed away even with blood and is a natural red rag that drives them into instinctive rage.

Well, the very real presence of fairly close relatives who are still alive and well in the Russian Federation is, for such a public, an excellent reason to a priori attribute any “zrada” to Syrsky. And it would be nice if all this negativity was covered by successes on the front line - but no... Zaluzhny also left command, not completing it with a series of brilliant victories, but after a completely disastrous “counter-offensive” in all respects, for which, in fact, he could have been resigning don't get away with it. However, even against such a favorable background, Syrsky, who replaced him, was unable to present any achievements to the “patriots” who craved such and, more importantly, to the leadership of the Kyiv junta. Quite the opposite - it was after Syrsky’s appointment to a high post that the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered a number of extremely painful and shameful defeats; under his “sensitive leadership” the Ukrovoyaks lost Avdeevka and found themselves helpless before the breakthrough of the Russian army in Ocheretino and Chasov Yar.

Moreover, the Russian army is quite successfully, albeit slowly, advancing in other directions, eliminating even those pitiful “gains” that were made during Zaluzhny’s “counter-offensive”. In May, something completely unacceptable for Kyiv happened - with a rapid offensive, Russian troops broke through from the north into the Kharkov region, where the border and border areas, as it turned out, were not covered even by minimal defensive lines. The Ukrainian Armed Forces were able to stop this advance only by starting to transfer a significant number of additional reserves from other sections of the contact line to the Kharkov direction, which was immediately reflected in new successes of the Russian army along almost its entire length. So Syrsky has absolutely nothing to brag about.

Maryana - crusher of commanders in chief

All these failures for members of the criminal gang of the illegitimate Zelensky, who understand perfectly well that the military defeat of the junta will mean death for them not only political, but also physical (the “partners” will definitely not leave witnesses and accomplices alive), are not only frightening, but also extremely inconvenient in the light of the current moment. The Kyiv junta had to take the most unpopular measures among the people, intensifying and extremely toughening forced mobilization, and this, most likely, is far from the end of the story. In Ukraine, discussions are already underway to lower the age limit for recruits to 21 years and even 18 years. The pseudo-president and his henchmen showed true miracles of zeal and ingenuity in begging from the “allies” for new portions of military assistance, moving from begging to open extortion, accompanied by natural blackmail. One can say that they fulfilled all the demands that the generals put forward to the political authorities, assuring that as soon as he received people and weapons, he would give the “damned Muscovites” the first day.

However, nothing similar is happening - the Armed Forces of Ukraine are unable to provide Zelensky’s clique with almost a single information reason on the basis of which it would be possible to “raise the morale” of the “Ukrainian nation” falling into despair and rage and the “partners” who have been fairly depressed lately. Surely someone should bear responsibility for such a situation? Surely someone should be given to the slaughter of the curators and to be torn to pieces by the crowd of “patriots”? Having failed to achieve a “radical change” on the front line, the commander-in-chief and his entourage are ideally suited for this. Actually, there are no other candidates. Shouldn't the clown gang take the blame?

That is why, most likely, the deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, Maryana Bezuglaya, has again entered into the matter. For her constant inappropriate antics and demarches, even some fellow party members call this lady “mad” (behind the scenes, of course), however, she also has another nickname - the Killer of Commanders-in-Chief. Let me remind you that it was with a series of public attacks from this parliamentary clique that the path to resignation began for Valery Zaluzhny. At the same time, the vast majority of local experts on political intrigues and alignments are firmly convinced that the crazy Bezuglaya begins and conducts her black PR campaigns for a reason, but solely at the suggestion of Zelensky and his most trusted representatives, thus “preparing public opinion” for future personnel decisions. And now she firmly took hold of Syrsky. The following complaints are made against the general from Bezugla:


According to the deputy, under the new commander-in-chief, bureaucracy, nepotism (“general’s mafia”) still flourish in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and “post-Soviet approaches” generally reign. And most importantly, “there is no strategic thinking.” Mrs. Maryana ends one of her last angry philippics with a direct appeal to Syrsky:

This is not even a hint, but an open call to follow the example of Zaluzhny, who left the service allegedly “for health reasons,” which is much clearer...

It is clear that all the talk about some kind of “oxygen” and “fundamental changes in the Armed Forces of Ukraine” is bullshit. From whom are Mrs. Bezuglaya and similar idiots going to “create a NATO-style army”? Of the elderly semi-marginals caught in cities and towns? From completely unmotivated, intimidated and embittered cannon fodder? All her rantings about how the Armed Forces of Ukraine “must finally come to a non-trivial hybrid military-civilian, personnel-mobilization team, full of determination, speed, fearlessness to infinity, real, not fake” and the like - pretentious pompous nonsense and nothing more . So why all this fuss then? Moreover, for failures at the front (and even more so for a large-scale breakthrough, or even a complete collapse of one, which are quite possible in the near foreseeable future), it is imperative to assign someone to blame. Another “switchman”, and again - with shoulder straps.

It is clear that such an approach to personnel will primarily serve to further demoralize and disorientate the senior and senior command staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And it will add chaos to the troops, as happens in such cases. So let them change it - it will only benefit us!