US lining up possible Zelensky replacement (english.almayadeen.net)

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According to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), the US intends to launch a campaign to undermine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in order to replace him with a more malleable person. According to the agency, former Interior Minister Arsen Avakov is being considered for the job.

In a statement released on Tuesday, the SVR stated that "the American elite" is becoming increasingly unhappy with Zelensky as politicians on both sides of the aisle begin to "doubt the targeted spending of billions of dollars in military aid to Kiev."

Officials stated that Zelensky is engaging in "crazy steps" that threaten escalation "far beyond Ukraine," adding that Kiev “has moved to feverish action” as Zelensky tries to stay in power after the end of his official term in May.

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[-] miz@lemmygrad.ml 65 points 2 years ago

[-] chesmotorcycle@lemmygrad.ml 39 points 2 years ago

This is just perfect...his expression there is priceless.

[-] Brickardo@feddit.nl 15 points 2 years ago

I love this community - time and again lemmings in here manage to remember all those times the USA has been acting funky and your neighbours next door just forgot about it ~~for some reason~~ due to brainwashing.

[-] GrainEater@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

afaik Gaddafi was never a puppet

[-] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago

I could be wrong/misremembering/confabulating but I remember reading that at one point, when Gaddafi was first starting out, the U.S. government may have been ambivalent towards him or started/considered the process of grooming him into an asset, until Gaddafi broke away.

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 47 points 2 years ago

more controllable and less corrupt

Pick one

[-] Bnova@hexbear.net 42 points 2 years ago

Well yeah they already replaced Zelensky with Zelenskyy, the next leader will be Zelenskyyy.

[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago

That's very anti-Ukrainian of you; it's Elensky now

[-] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago

Zelensky is like Weyoun from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. That secret biolab in Ukraine we've heard about must be a cloning facility that keeps pumping out clones of Zelensky on demand.

[-] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 34 points 2 years ago

Juan Guaido, now's your time to shine!

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 2 years ago

I mean they just supported some new puppet for Venezuela, so Guaido is available now.

[-] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 years ago

There is nobody with more experience at being president of a wide array of countries!

[-] josie@vegantheoryclub.org 31 points 2 years ago

Country known for foreign interventions and overthrowing heads of state is going to overthrow a head of state. Big shock.

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago

Should be Biden. Give him a few years in the minor leagues and maybe he can have a comeback in 2028

[-] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 2 years ago

You mean Joe or Hunter?

[-] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 years ago

Beau

[-] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 years ago

Nah Beau died while bravely defending his country from savage terrorists while in Iraq

[-] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 years ago

Ghost of Delaware

[-] Discopanda@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago

I don't know if I trust the Russian CIA. At this point it doesn't matter who is the president. The country is in rubbles, US just waits for a convenient excuse to end the war in order to introduce shock therapy 2.0.

[-] chesmotorcycle@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 2 years ago

And what better way to make a clean break with the past than by pinning all the failures on Zelensky and pushing him out?

[-] rostselmasch@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 2 years ago

Slava shock therapy 2.0

[-] Justice@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 2 years ago

This just gives me a mental image of an insane ER doctor placing defibrillator pads on a recently deceased person and repeatedly delivering shocks even when the corpse gives no response and only pops up and down from the electrical jolts. The nurses are all crying and yelling that he's gone. The doctor just keeps smirking and pushing the button while the skin sizzles. And the smell...