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(CNN) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he removed two top Ukrainian generals, calling them "antiheroes" in his nightly address posted to social media.
CNN Video: https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/04/01/zelensky-ukraine-fires-two-generals-traitors-kimmitt-sot-vpx.cnn
FM123
(10,053 posts)Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Thursday he is sacking two Ukrainian military generals for allegedly being traitors.
Those servicemen among senior officers who have not decided where their homeland is, who violate the military oath of allegiance to the Ukrainian people as regards the protection of our state, its freedom and independence, will inevitably be deprived of senior military ranks, Zelenskyy said during his nighttime address to the nation posted on Telegram, according to the English translation included in the video.
Zelenskyy named the two individuals as Naumov Andriy Olehovych, ex-chief of the Main Department of International Security of the Security Service of Ukraine, and Kryvoruchko Serhiy Oleksandrovych, former head of the Office of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Kherson region.
The Ukrainian president did not spell out what actions prompted the generals dismissal, but pledged to root out any more antiheroes in the future.
Now I do not have time to deal with all the traitors, he said. But gradually they will all be punished.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/zelenskyy-traitors-ukraine-war_n_6246c239e4b0587dee681a56
ecstatic
(32,648 posts)Ha! Someone better make time. Can't have rogue, traitorous generals running around freely. We see how that worked out with flynn.
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(10,053 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,278 posts)dalton99a
(81,392 posts)Denis Valentinovich Berezovsky (Ukrainian: Денис Валентинович Березовський, Russian: Дени́с Валенти́нович Березо́вский; born 15 July 1974)[1] is a rear admiral and the Russian Black Sea Fleet deputy commander. He is also a former commander of the Ukrainian Navy. He was appointed commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Navy by Interim President Oleksandr Turchynov on 1 March 2014, after the acting commander of the Ukrainian Navy Sergei Yeliseyev defected to Russia the same day. After serving for just one day, on 2 March, he defected to the self-declared pro-Russian separatist Crimean government during the 2014 Crimean crisis.[2][3] On 24 March 2014, the Defense Minister of Russia Sergei Shoigu appointed Berezovsky as the Russian Black Sea Fleet deputy commander.[4] On 5 March 2014, the Office of the General Prosecutor of Ukraine issued an order to detain Berezovsky on suspicion of treason.[5]
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(10,053 posts)dalton99a
(81,392 posts)I suspect many Russian spies outed themselves during the first 24 hours of the invasion and were promptly dealt with