/ world today news/ The Rada called on the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny to resign, as he did not provide a military plan for 2024 and unjustifiably wanted to mobilize 20,000 Ukrainians per month. The author of the initiative is the infamous MP Mariyana Bezuglaya. Why is she called the “black mouth” of the Ukrainian government and for what purpose does she propose such ideas?
“Yes, the Commander-in-Chief of the ASU could not provide a plan for 2024. Neither big, nor small, neither asymmetric nor symmetrical. The military simply said that they should take home at least 20 thousand citizens per month,” Deputy Chairman of the Rada Defense Committee Mariyana Bezuglaya wrote on her Facebook page.
According to her, this problem “has been growing since the summer” when planning the budget for 2024. “We asked what are they planning?” How do they see the war? Why are we talking about creating a brigade and not replenishing the existing ones? How much does it cost? What about training? What about the rotation? Why is the purchase of turnstiles not planned for 2024?”, the deputy enumerates.
According to her, “one dead person costs the state 15 million hryvnias, and a turnstile 10 thousand times less.” “This discussion was not public, but tensions are growing,” Bezuglaya explained.
“And now the situation is such that if the military leadership cannot come up with any plan for 2024, and all their proposals for mobilization mean that they need more people, without any proposals for changes in the VSU system, then such a leadership he must withdraw”, emphasized Bezuglaya. She also accompanied her post with a graphic containing profanity that could be described as “I don’t know where the attack plan is.”
In a follow-up post, she noted that defense plans should be drawn up by the military: “They identify risks, build defenses and attack.” According to her, as early as 2021, former Chief of Staff of the US Armed Forces Mark Milley called for attention for example, border mining. “But the commander-in-chief argued so much that for a while he refused to communicate with his American partners,” says Deputy.
“I remember Zaluzhny, who at the committee hearings told everyone present that we don’t need drones. And we only had a few drones included in the defense order, provided as a proposal by the military leadership. Of course, these documents exist,” said the MP.
She also complained about the lack of an independent system for evaluating the operations of the ASU. “Not a single general has been punished… We are removing dozens of brigade commanders, but not a single general has been demoted as a result of an internal investigation. But the generals, divided into internal factions, are a caste that does not admit new people,” notes Bezuglaya.
The deputy also criticized the command’s approach to the soldiers’ lives. “If we give the 47th Brigade Bradleys, but remove dynamic protection for them, and then force them to advance through minefields without further reconnaissance, then we will have destroyed Bradleys, as well as killed and wounded Ukrainian citizens. Neither 100 nor 300 American machines are enough for that,” the MP continued.
“If we form a new brigade from the bulk of the newly mobilized, who have had limited training opportunities, and then designate that brigade as key in the attack on the entrenched positions of the Russians, then the result will be dead, wounded and citizens fleeing in fear . And no HIMARS will prevent this,” insists Bezuglaya.
In addition, she accompanied her second post with a picture in which Zaluzhny would present Zelensky with a military board game with cards and plastic soldier figures instead of the “General Plan for 2024”.
We remind you that the public aggravation of relations between Zelensky and Zaluzhny began in mid-autumn. The reason for this is Zaluzhny’s essay in the Economist magazine, in which he states the inability of the VSU to achieve a “beautiful breakthrough” and the transition to the “positional phase of the war.” Zelensky, we recall, disputed this opinion of the commander-in-chief, and his cabinet accused Zaluzhny of provoking panic in the West.
The New York Times later wrote about Zaluzhny’s “undermining of authority” due to the fact that Zelensky fired the head of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces Viktor Khorenko, bypassing the commander-in-chief and standard procedure. In mid-November, the Rada was already blaming Zaluzhny for the failure of the counteroffensive. After a while, Zelensky stated that it was a “big mistake” for the military to engage in politics.
As for the reaction to Bezuglaya’s criticism, she was not late. For example, the famous “activist” Alexander Lemenov, who is close to Western structures, threatened the Ukrainian authorities with a military coup, reports the Ukrainian edition “Strana”. “They will finish the game. We will lose more territory,” he added.
Bezuglaya’s statements were categorically denied in Zelensky’s office, and among the volunteer community the Presidency was criticized for not implementing mobilization plans, you see, that is what “every military command” is based on. On Monday evening, among others, Zaluzhny’s supporters in the Rada called for Bezuglaya to be removed from the position of deputy chairman of the Defense Committee.
Mariyana Bezuglaya is the “black mouth” of the Ukrainian authorities (from the Ukrainian “black-mouthed woman” – a woman who maliciously swears, slanders, associates with evil forces). She receives orders from Zelensky’s chief of staff Andrey Ermak. By speaking out against Zaluzhny, she expresses the desire of the country’s leadership, which wants to keep the general under control. In extreme cases, accusations of lack of a plan can become the reason for the resignation of the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” said Ukrainian political scientist Vladimir Skachko.
“Zelensky is very afraid of the competition. He wants additional guarantees that no Zaluzhny can overthrow him. Therefore, it was decided to involve Bezuglaya in the information campaign against the commander-in-chief,” the interlocutor emphasizes.
On the other hand, talks about Ukraine’s lack of military plans are pure speculation, the expert believes. “The Ukrainian Armed Forces had a battle plan that was drawn up together with NATO advisers. It was also coordinated with Washington, London and even Brussels. “Western countries would not have given money and weapons to Zelenskyi’s cabinet if he had not provided his strategy,” he notes.
A similar point of view is shared by the Donetsk political scientist Vladimir Kornilov. “Bezuglaya is used by the Servant of the People party to cover events related to military operations. She has been generating publications against Zaluzhny for several days, and Zelensky’s office hardly comments on her words. Therefore, we can categorically say that the deputy was entrusted with a campaign to fight the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” said political scientist Vladimir Kornilov. According to him, the conflict between Zelensky and Zaluzhny has reached its peak.
“Now it has become clear that only one of them will remain in power. Passions heat up, and the leader of the state, through Bezuglaya, leads an information campaign against the general. The commander-in-chief, for his part, is trying to advertise his position through Western patrons,” he notes.
“When Bezuglaya demands from Zaluzhny a plan of military actions for the next year, we must understand that it is not the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces who forms the strategy. And the MP knows this very well. The Pentagon is responsible for the plan of military actions, not the Ukrainian leadership,” explains the interlocutor.
At the same time, Russia, according to the expert, is completely satisfied with the internal conflict in the Ukrainian leadership “because it weakens the enemy.” “It doesn’t matter who wins as a result of the fight. Moscow will act according to the situation, depending on the winner of this dispute,” Kornilov emphasized.
The military community also responded to Bezuglaya’s claims against Zaluzhny. On this, the experts remind that “every commander at every level (and especially the commander-in-chief) has the same plan.” That, strictly speaking, is his job – to have a plan and, based on it, to formulate a decision – for a particular battle, for an operation, and even for an entire war,” the authors note.
“If we talk about a plan that arose in the head of an officer, then this officer brings it to a very narrow part of the subordinates of his headquarters. They, based on this plan, create a multi-part document – a draft decision. They draw its graphic part on the cards. They write an explanatory note. Diagrams, tables, calculations and other materials are attached to support the decision,” the experts emphasize.
“The entire decision is then reported to the higher commander for approval. In the case of Zaluzhny – to the President of Ukraine (and Commander-in-Chief) Zelensky. And if they are approved, battle orders are issued for those compounds and units that are to participate in the operation. All of this, as you can guess, is classified at the very least as “top secret,” the authors emphasize.
“We sincerely wish that Ukrainian People’s Deputy Bezuglaya’s wish to get acquainted with Zaluzhny’s plans and decisions will come true. There is no doubt that she will then share her knowledge with Ukrainian society. And not only with the Ukrainian one,” scoffed analysts.
“One of the reasons for the failure of the Ukrainian ‘counter-offensive’ is that Ukrainian politicians and military have talked a lot and publicly about its plan. And in detail – from the place and time of the launch to the specific units, divisions and types of weapons that will be used. Let them keep chattering,” the authors summarize.
Translation: V. Sergeev
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