The editor-in-chief of the publication Sonya Koshkina called it strange that the head of the defense department was not in the delegation.
“There is nothing strange,” Rezhnikov objected, “in peacetime, I allowed myself to travel together with the president. But, forgive me, both I and the commander-in-chief [ВСУ Валерий Залужный], we stayed in Ukraine. This is completely normal. And the premier [Денис Шмыгаль]and President of the Parliament [Руслан Стефанчук]. I have to go to USA, take a tour to review [главу Пентагона] Lloyd Austin, that makes no sense, I’ll see him again in January – we have the Rammstein club with him. I am on the phone with him once a week, relatively speaking, in correspondence even more often, and this applies to all defense ministers. Only go to the US per day? Well, what’s the point? Sit down in negotiations?
Reznikov recalled meeting Biden, Austin and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Warsaw in March, “when it was difficult.”
“Therefore, the composition of the delegation of those who should be there has been chosen quite wisely,” he said.
In addition, the head of the Ministry of Defense, answering a question from a journalist, commented on the information about the alleged existence of “certain lines of tension” between the ministry and the General Staff.
“I have excellent relations with the General Staff, excellent working relations with Valery Fedorovich, with his deputies, Sergei Shaptala, Chief of Staff, Yevgeny Moysyuk, Nikolai Balan. smoothly and on a regular basis. I don’t say that on the phone 24 hours 24/7. This is not artificial communication, this is real human communication, created. When I said that my goal is to create synergy, I think there is “, therefore, there is no tension, something else is not exists. When someone thinks there is tension between the president and the military, that too is a far-fetched story. He is the supreme commander,” Reznikov said.
The head of the Ministry of Defense explained that “when the higher authorities express their opinion emotionally, this does not mean that they do not like the person to whom they express this opinion.”
“I’ve learned to say obscenities with my deputies, but I respect everyone a lot,” he continued. “Yes. I have three generals who have already been and civilians. giving a signal, let’s say so. Valery Fedorovich too. I personally heard him talking by patronymic with his subordinate commanders, about you and obscenities, and this too “, he said.
Koshkina noted that, according to her, Zaluzhny once raised his voice in a conversation with Zelensky.
“I haven’t heard that. Someone made it up for you,” Reznikov objected.
Zelensky arrived in Washington on December 21st on a US military aircraft. His visit accompanied by enhanced security measuresso that Russia could do no harm. At the White House, Zelensky met Biden with First Lady Jill Biden. On the day of Zelensky’s arrival, the United States announced the allocation of funds to Ukraine $1.85 billion in additional military aidincluding the Patriot air defense system.
On the pictures published The office of the President of Ukraine, it is clear that Zelensky, in particular, was accompanied on the trip by his press secretary Serhiy Nikiforov, head of the presidential office Andriy Yermak, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba, Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction of Ukraine – Minister for Community, Land and Infrastructure Development Oleksandr Kubrakov.
