Politico: Zelensky and his entourage have seized power in Ukraine

According to Isna, the American media in an article referring to the changes in the cabinet of Ukraine, reported that the president of this country, Volodymyr Zelensky, is trying to seize power.

According to Politico, the Ukrainian and international media have described the recent changes in the Ukrainian government as the biggest changes since the beginning of this war, but in reality not much has changed and these changes are for show.

“No fresh faces from academia, civil society or Ukrainian industry have joined the government, which has long been requested of the government,” senior Ukrainian officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Politico about recent changes in the Ukrainian government.

According to the report, the only high-ranking official to be dismissed in Zelensky’s cabinet reshuffle was Foreign Minister Dmytro Kulba – who, according to Ukrainian sources, was dismissed due to a disagreement with Andriy Yermak, Zelensky’s powerful chief of staff. “Vladimir Kudrytskyi”, the head of Ukraine’s national electricity transmission network, known as “Oker Energo”, which had nothing to do with the cabinet changes, was heavily criticized.

According to Politico, Zelensky’s main goal of attacking Kursk in Russian territory was actually to gain a political achievement and reduce the pressures that have been raised against him and his government.

Mykola Kniajitsky, a Ukrainian lawmaker and critic of Zelenskiy, says: “The attack on Kursk had purely political goals, not real political goals. “We have many problems that are being neglected, including the lack of any serious strategy and assistance for the more than three million displaced Ukrainians.”

According to the American media, the recent changes in Zelensky’s cabinet do not resolve the major concerns raised about his authoritarian rule. He depends on a small circle of trusted advisers and friends, power-hungry figures whose footprints can be seen in past investigative files.

Zelensky’s attempt to seize power

“Kulba’s separation is yet another example of how Zelensky’s cronies drive out those who question and challenge,” the report said.

Politico compared Kulba’s departure from the government to the removal of Valery Zalogeny, the former commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a figure who had disagreed with Zelensky over the war strategy and the need for stronger conscription, and whose high popularity among Ukrainian citizens also aroused Zelensky’s jealousy. was

Kolba and Zalogheny were supported by Western officials and analysts after their removal, and the removal of Kudrytskyi, head of Ukraine’s National Electricity Transmission Network, also drew unprecedented public criticism from Ukraine’s Western supporters. Representatives of the European Union and financial organizations warned Kyiv not to undermine OKR Energo’s independence from the government in a letter to Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmihal. In this letter, they warned that if the independent nature of this organization is not maintained, European countries will have difficulty in supporting the energy sector in Ukraine.

Kudritsky says that even before the start of the war, the Ukrainian government was thinking of dominating the power distribution center.

War management and democratic leadership are not contradictory

More than half of Ukrainians believe that Zelenskyi’s office has too much influence in government and law enforcement agencies, courts, anti-corruption institutions, as well as the country’s parliament. Although Zelensky’s defenders say there is no opportunity for democratic processes during wartime, his critics point to leaders like Winston Churchill, who ran his country during wartime with a group of powerful ministers with different party affiliations.

According to Politico, despite a lot of foreign support for Zelensky, the domestic popularity of this Ukrainian president is steadily decreasing, and Ukrainians have always been skeptical of him.

According to this report, governance has complications and Zelensky has shown impatience with these complications in a populist manner. The war in Ukraine could not convince him to accept the suggestions and advice of people other than his close circle with an open mind.

Politico writes that many believe that Zelensky has a mentality born from the Soviet era and that his attempt to seize power will end up at the expense of Ukraine. Zelensky’s critics believe that most of Ukraine’s achievements in the war with Russia are not the result of Zelensky’s policies, but the result of the resistance of the Ukrainian people and civil society.

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