30 Jan, 2024 23:05

Zelensky issued firing threat to Ukraine’s top general – media

Valery Zaluzhny allegedly refused to step down voluntarily

Ukrainian commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny has rejected President Vladimir Zelensky’s “offer” to resign and become the national security head instead, the Financial Times and the Economist reported on Tuesday, citing multiple sources familiar with the discussions between the potential political rivals.

Zelensky allegedly told Zaluzhny that he would be removed from his current position regardless of whether he accepted a new role or not, according to two anonymous sources cited by the FT. The Economist reported it was able to “confirm” that during their meeting on Monday, Zaluzhny was offered to take the lead in the country’s National Security and Defense Council, but turned down the proposal.

On Monday, numerous Ukrainian media outlets and Telegram channels, citing various political and military sources, reported that Zaluzhny was about to lose his job. In response, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry issued a vague message on Telegram: “Dear journalists, we reply to all of you at once: No, it’s not true.” Zelensky’s spokesman, Sergey Nikiforov, also said that the president “didn’t fire the commander-in-chief.” Ukrainian state-run censorship body CSCIS called the rumors of Zaluzhny’s resignation “destabilizing” and “demoralizing.”

As reports of the top general’s imminent sacking spread like wildfire, another two sources told FT that while his fate has apparently been decided,Zelensky may allow Zaluzhny to keep his job “for some time” to avoid a wider scandal.

The commander-in-chief is seen as a potential political rival of Zelensky, given his popularity among Ukrainian voters. An opinion poll by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), released in December, found that while public trust in Zelensky had dropped to 62% from 84% a year ago,Zaluzhny was trusted by 88% of respondents. (It’s interesting a country entirely controlled by Propaganda that Zelensky’s statistics are dropping)

Zelensky and Zaluzhny have clashed over the potential overstepping of their roles into each other’s purview. The tensions between the two reportedly deepened in November, when the Ukrainian leader was angered after the general described the situation on the battlefield with Russia as “a stalemate.”

Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported that Kiev’s prime backer, the US, had been concerned that “differences” between Zelensky and Zaluzhny were “slowing efforts to crystallize a new strategy” after Ukraine’s counteroffensive last year failed to deliver the desired results.

(This confirms what Harnwell reported)

https://www.rt.com/russia/591568-zelensky-zaluzhny-firing-threat/

(China agreed to cheat in 2024)

30 Jan, 2024 20:22

Xi promised Biden he wouldn’t interfere in 2024 election – CNN???

Senior US officials have reportedly pressed Beijing on alleged election meddling multiple times in recent months

US President Joe Biden asked his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, not to “interfere in the 2024 US presidential election” when the two met in November, CNN reported on Tuesday. Xi reportedly told Biden that Beijing would keep its hands off the vote.

The exchange supposedly took place during high-profile discussions between the two leaders in California. An anonymous source told CNN that Biden was the one that raised the issue.

Ever since the election of Donald Trump in 2016, American officials – most often Democrats – have repeatedly claimed that foreign powers are “interfering” in US elections. These claims are often unsubstantiated – as Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into so-called “collusion” between the Trump campaign and Moscow found in 2019 – or based on information withheld from the public, as was the case with the US National Intelligence Council’s heavily-redacted report into supposed efforts by Russia, China, Iran, and Cuba to meddle in the 2022 midterm elections.

Beijing and Moscow have repeatedly denied meddling in American elections, but US officials have persisted with their public accusations.

During a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Bangkok last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken asked Wang for the same assurance that Xi reportedly gave Biden in November, CNN claimed. Wang, like Xi, promised that China would not interfere in this year’s election.

“The potential for China to interfere in or influence US elections has repeatedly come up at senior-level meetings between the two nations in recent months,” CNN’s source said.

The news outlet listed Natasha Bertrand as a contributor to Tuesday’s article. Bertrand played a key role in pushing false allegationsof Russian election interference after Donald Trump’s victory in 2016, and in boosting debunked claims by American spies that Russia fabricated damaging information on Biden’s son, Hunter, ahead of the 2020 election.

(What a strange thing to admit and promise and put it in the news. So they have agreed to interfere with the election otherwise Bidan loses. Joe is notifying his forces to work with China. Did FBI open portals of hacking instead of closing them, from the article this am? Xi agreed but he didn’t promise his country wouldn’t interfere.)

https://www.rt.com/news/591565-xi-biden-election-interference/

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Whoa, whatever O’keefe is exposing, its BIG! Maybe Nikki? Or DS MIC

God Bless and Protect James O’Keefe!

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