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elliottoberman's avatar

You right on point, thank you

Helen Brooks's avatar

I understand and support the protesters - fighting for your beliefs takes courage under any system.

I understand and support Zelenskyy - he had the authority to ban the protest, but chose not to.

I understand and support Zelenskyy - he dismissed Syrskyi to defuse the situation.

I understand and support Fedorov - he is standing up for his truth.

But I also remember that it was Zelenskyy who once appointed Fedorov.

I also remember that it was Zelenskyy who stayed on Bankova in February 2022.

So, with all due respect to Fedorov and Syrskyi, I will support Zelenskyy so that he can preserve and build on their contributions.

The Trench Idealist's avatar

I also give Zelenskyy the credit he deserves, but by dismissing Federov when he was delivering results (and too soon to deliver more), while siding with a general whose reputation and results had eroded, was grave mistake. He didn’t have to do that, and it doesn’t seem he replaced it with something better.

Helen Brooks's avatar

Yes, it looks like a mistake.

But as I understand it, the tension between Fedorov and Syrskyi eventually reached a breaking point, and Zelensky had to choose whom to keep and whom to move. Maybe he made the wrong choice.

But Fedorov was not pushed out completely. He was offered another position. He refused. A scandal followed. In the end, both were fired.

A good story? No. Did it make the Ukrainian Armed Forces weaker? I don’t think so.

A process familiar to any country and any corporation.

serghiy's avatar

…people who follow Ukraine since 2013-14 don’t need any proof after all these years

https://openpress.digital.conncoll.edu/beingukraine/chapter/chapter-5/