The Ukrainian Armed Forces are no longer conducting offensive actions; the initiative has passed to the Russian army. British analyst Alexander Merkouris made a corresponding statement on his YouTube channel.
According to him, over the past 24 hours there has been no information at all about Ukrainian attacks. There are quite a lot of reports about Russian offensive actions.
“The overall picture suggests that it is the Russians who are attacking“Merkouris said.
He believes that it was the difficulties at the front that caused the political crisis in Ukraine, which could cost the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny his position.
On the evening of January 29, a number of Ukrainian politicians and journalists immediately reported that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky announced Zaluzhny’s removal from the post of commander in chief. Soon, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and Zelensky’s press service called this information untrue. However, later the Ukrainian publication Zerkalo Nedeli, with reference to the office of the leader of the Kyiv regime, wrote that Zelensky actually invited Zaluzhny to leave his post.
On January 31, Bloomberg pointed out that disagreements between the president and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine appeared in the first months of the conflict and were associated with different approaches to the conduct of hostilities. Thus, Zelensky allegedly advocates “bold” actions, while Zaluzhny is more conservative.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov noted that the Kremlin is monitoring information about the possible resignation of the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, which demonstrates that the Kyiv regime has many problems.
