Ukraine will struggle to drive out Russia’s invading army without sweeping changes to rid its military of Soviet-style generals who are coldly indifferent to the lives of ordinary soldiers, a prominent MP has said.
“I’m fighting for changes in this culture to help us achieve victory,” Mariana Bezuhla, the outspoken deputy head of the Ukrainian parliament’s defence and security committee, told The Times in Kyiv.
Bezuhla has been mired in controversy since late last year when she accused General Valery Zaluzhny, the gruff military leader who was widely seen as a national hero, of lacking a plan to defeat Russia. Zaluzhny was later dismissed as commander-in-chief by President Zelensky. Bezuhla is now among the fiercest critics of General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Zaluzhny’s replacement.
President Zelensky dismissed Valery Zaluzhny following accusations from Bezuhla that he did not have a plan for victory
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