Ukraine’s Top General Lays out Strategy Amid Rumored ‘Power Struggle’ in Kyiv

Published on February 2, 2024

Ukrainian army chief Valery Zaluzhny has laid out the primary challenges facing his country in its ongoing conflict with Russia, including the need for what he described as a “new state system of technological rearmament.” “The challenge for our armed forces cannot be underestimated,” Gen. Zaluzhny wrote in a Feb. 1 opinion piece published by CNN. The main challenge, he added, “is to create a completely new state system of technological rearmament.” The assessment comes amid fevered speculation about a looming showdown between the popular general and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Mr. Zelenskyy’s office and Ukraine’s defense ministry have both sought to downplay persistent rumors of what some are calling an ongoing “power struggle” in Kyiv....

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