Zelensky Fires Deputy Commander of the National Guard

Oh, so we’re doing “Zelenskiy” now, huh Reuters?

How many ways do you have to spell that?

Why don’t you come up with more spellings of “Vladimir” as well?

I’m loving this “Volodymyr” shit, but maybe try something like “Volignomoxil”?

Reuters:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday issued a decree sacking a senior security figure and said separately that his drive to clean up the government would continue.

Authorities have dismissed dozens of officials in recent weeks and opened probes as part of a widespread drive against wrongdoing. The European Union says addressing corruption is a requirement for Ukraine joining the 27-member bloc.

Zelenskiy dismissed Ruslan Dziuba as deputy commander of the National Guard, according to a brief decree issued by the presidential office. It did not give any reasons for the move.

Zelenskiy – who has stressed the need for the defence ministry in particular to be cleaned up – did not specifically mention Dziuba in his daily video address.

Instead, he said he had met defence sector and law enforcement officials to discuss ways to protect institutions from what he called attempts from outside or inside to reduce their effectiveness and efficiency.

This isn’t really very interesting news.

Authoritarian governments are usually very corrupt and are constantly doing purges.

It’s very funny that the Ukraine claims to hate Russians because of the USSR and yet their government is totally modeled off of the pre-Stalin Soviet regime.