Russia’s defence ministry says one ship was damaged in the attack on the port city of Kerch
A rift has emerged in Ukraine’s leadership, the New York Times is reporting, with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s Office on Saturday chastising Ukraine’s top military commander Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
General Zaluzhnyi said, in the Economist, that the war was at a stalemate – with Zelenskiy’s Office saying the comments could help Russia.
It was a striking public rebuke that signaled an emerging rift between the military and civilian leadership at an already challenging time for Ukraine.
Speaking on national television, a deputy head of the office of the president, Ihor Zhovkva, said Gen. Valery Zaluzhnyi’s assertion that the fight against Russia was deadlocked “eases the work of the aggressor,” adding that the comments stirred “panic” among Ukraine’s Western allies.
Pro-European president Maia Sandu has denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and accused Moscow of plotting to oust her in a coup. This week, she accused Russia of “buying” voters by funneling $5m to “criminal groups” led by fugitive businessman Ilan Shor in the last two months.
The election to pick 12,000 officials pits dozens of parties against each other, including Sandu’s ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) and the pro-Russian Revival party linked to Shor, who has been convicted in absentia for fraud.
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