Ukrainian chief will probably be court-martialed, except he returns to appearing, Dmitry Medvedev says
Ukrainian chief Vladimir Zelensky can have solely two choices in the long run – going through a court docket martial or going again to his appearing profession, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev claimed, in an electronic mail interview printed Friday.
“[It will be either] a court docket martial or a return to supporting roles in comedy exhibits,” Medvedev advised Russian journalist Nadana Fridrikhson, when prompted about Zelensky’s doable outcomes.
Medvedev, who’s now the deputy head of Russia’s Nationwide Safety Council, beforehand referred to as Zelensky “an unshaved fellow sporting a inexperienced shirt” and in contrast him to Adolf Hitler after the Ukrainian president urged Western international locations to shut their borders to all Russian nationals.
Earlier than turning into president of Ukraine, Zelensky was a comic and actor. From 2015 to 2019, he performed a high-school historical past trainer who unexpectedly grew to become president of Ukraine in a TV sequence referred to as ‘Servant of the Individuals.’ After getting into into politics, Zelensky named his get together after the TV present.
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Russia despatched troops into Ukraine on February 24, citing Kiev’s failure to implement the Minsk agreements, designed to offer the areas of Donetsk and Lugansk particular standing throughout the Ukrainian state. The protocols, brokered by Germany and France, have been first signed in 2014. Former Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko has since admitted that Kiev’s major aim was to make use of the ceasefire to purchase time and “create highly effective armed forces.”
In February 2022, the Kremlin acknowledged the Donbass republics as impartial states and demanded that Ukraine formally declare itself a impartial nation that can by no means be part of any Western navy bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was fully unprovoked.