KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday dismissed suggestions of a rift with army chief Valery Zaluzhny and said he maintains a working relationship with the top general.
His remarks come amid weeks of speculation about tensions between the two men after Kyiv’s vaunted counteroffensive failed to retake significant parts of Russian-occupied territory.
“Why should I help someone by developing this theme? I have a working relationship with Zaluzhny,” Zelenskiy said during a televised press conference in Kyiv.
He described the military operation as a “very complicated story” involving the collective input of Ukraine’s military leadership.
(Reporting by Dan Peleschuk; editing by Christina Fincher)
