Oh my. The sad tale of a bromance gone bad. I guess Zaluzhny and Zelensky won’t be hugging it out.

The commencement of political upheavals in world affairs sometimes lies with a seemingly obscure event. This is not to say that the shooting down of a Russian Ilyushin-76 military transport plane carrying dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war over the territory of Belgorod Region by two missiles fired from the area of Liptsy, in Kharkov Region (Ukraine) on January 24 is anything like the spark that set off World War I when a Serbian patriot shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand in the city of Sarajevo in 1914 and within a month, the Austrian army invaded Serbia.

Russian plane full of Ukrainian POWs near Ukrainian border likely shot down with Patriot missile system only Americans can seemingly operate

There is little sympathy for them in their society, but rare prison interviews with those convicted of helping the Russians reveal a complex picture of war

Zelenskiy faces outspoken general, supply delays from allies. Army chief Zaluzhnyi has differed with president over approach

The endgame shouldn’t be teaching anyone a lesson, but laying the groundwork for a lasting peace writes Dr. Alexander Hill

UK security pact with Kyiv lays mines for immediate diplomacy, which is what is needed most now

Ukrainian General Valery Zaluzhny wants the war to end now, and President Volodymyr Zelensky may just have fired him

Removal of Valeriy Zaluzhny would mark biggest shake-up of military command since Russia’s full-scale invasion

Following the failure of Ukraine’s counteroffensive last summer, the Biden administration is recalibrating its strategy and has abandoned hopes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) retaking any territory in 2024. Instead it recommends a switch to a more defensive stance to buy time for Ukraine to rearm itself and replenish its forces, the Washington Post reported January 26.