TV5Monde: There is no trace of Zelensky’s optimism left after the failure of the offensive – Rossiyskaya Gazeta

They recalled that a year ago the president of Ukraine promised the country’s residents that 2023 would be “the year of victory.”

“Now Zelensky has to face the truth: his troops’ counteroffensive did not allow him to make any significant progress,” the story says.

There were also signs of division. Thus, the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, Maryana Bezuglaya, demanded the resignation of the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, accusing him of lacking a plan for 2024. The leader of the pro-presidential faction, David Arakhamia, made similar statements.

Relations between Zelensky and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are increasingly cold, the authors of the article note.