Ukraine: Not getting the remains from the crash back
Ukraine says Russia is refusing to return the remains of the 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war that Russia, without presenting evidence, has claimed were aboard the plane that crashed on January 24 in Belgorod, Russia. This is reported by AP.
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged accusations about what happened in the crash. Moscow has accused Kyiv of shooting down the plane and killing its own men. It has been called Russian propaganda by Ukraine. Kyiv has neither confirmed nor denied that it was behind the shooting.
Some Western intelligence has gone on the track that the plane was shot down by a Ukrainian robot, but that prisoners of war would have been on board has not been confirmed.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says, according to the Moscow Times, that no request has been received from Kyiv to return the remains.
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Rumors about the commander-in-chief arouse anger at the front: "This benefits Russia"
Rumors that Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny is about to be fired have fueled discontent within the Ukrainian military, sources told the Washington Post.
The open conflict between the president and the military chief creates the image of instability and reduces the will to fight at the front, says a high-ranking source. The only winner is Russia, he continues.
- This has been communicated very poorly. People needed an explanation, because Zaluzhny is very respected both among soldiers and among civilians.
According to media reports, Zelenskyy should have asked for Zaluzhny's resignation at a meeting on Monday.
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Commander-in-Chief: Must adjust to reduced support
Ukraine must prepare for reduced military support from the West. That's what Ukrainian commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny writes in an opinion article on CNN's website.
To win the war, the Ukrainian army needs to focus on advanced weapons such as drones, reasons Zaluzhny. He also argues for greater mobilization of Ukrainians, something that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been skeptical about.
"We must recognize the significant advantage the enemy enjoys in terms of mobilizing human resources, and how that compares with the inability of government institutions in Ukraine to expand our armed forces without taking unpopular measures," he writes.
In recent days, there have been rumors that Zaluzhnyi will soon be fired. The Ukrainian president has previously criticized his commander-in-chief for saying the war has entered a stalemate. Zaluzhny neither comments on the relationship with Zelensky nor the rumors in his text.
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