Zelensky at Odds with Top Ukrainian General

An internal conflict is underway between Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces General Valery Zaluzhny, according to government sources cited by Bild.

Kiev insiders told the German tabloid that the military commander called for a withdrawal from a key Donbass city weeks ago.

Zaluzhny advised the president to abandon Artyomovsk, known as Bakhmut in Ukraine, rather than keep defending it as Russian troops threatened to take control of the city, the newspaper reported. However the Ukrainian leader declared the city a fortress, and refused to pull troops back.