Syrsky Situation

Si uno se ve en la tesitura de tener que reformar su vivienda completamente, no es buen momento cuando estalla la tormenta. Me viene esto a la cabeza porque no es lo mismo que esos "generales de la vieja escuela soviética" que apoyan a Syrskyi sean el 90% del alto mando que si son, digamos, el 30%. Z tiene que tener esto muy en cuenta a la hora de tomar esa decisión que andáis reduciendo erróneamente a la dicotomía Fedorov/Zyrskyi. Si tengo que derribar el 90 por ciento de mi casa para la reforma esa que decía, desde luego no tomaré la decisión de hacer todo a la carrera justo en medio de la tormenta. Por favor, piensen todos los que simplifican tanto la cuestión en esto. No es momento para blancos y negros. Es momento para mantener la cabeza fría. Nos jugamos mucho. No sólo en Ucrania.

You absolutely wouldn't stay under a tree into a storm, Dennis. For sure.

Harsh post, even if needed. Distractions during a war for survival will always be difficult to justify. Good luck. Slava Ukraine.

Fedorov is an iPhone 16, Syrskyi is a telephone from the 1980s," says military analyst and former intelligence officer Ivan Stupak to BBC.

Denys, PLEASE don't risk your life out in the lightning storm. Lightning will hit the highest thing. I'm not sure if bush offers that much protection because if the bush gets hit you'll be hit too. 😳😟🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

Zelenskyj need to stay due to the war, that is normal in wars! But he need to take advices! Serski need to be fired. Federov is the best for Ukraine, he did allots of smart things, hes young and what he has done till now is fantastic!

Europe shoult pause the support til Zelenskyj do his work right!

Will voting in the next election be done by cell phone? How do people on the front line vote?

Ukrainian people demonstrate the idea of democracy. Slava Ukraini!

What happens inside your stomach after a big meal is a terrible thing to watch. Chaos! But the process keeps you alive. The end of the process produces something not interesting, but you live because of the benefit derived from the process. It is war. Awful, ugly, but necessary for a greater good extracted through the process. That is the Ukraine war. The end is coming, not fast as one wants, but faith gets you to the end.

The pressures on Zelenski must have been tremendous but he will hopefully see that bowing to them will bring an end to him and the Ukraine and will gather courage and return to the courageous course to victory

I'm Lithuanian and on our National TV news program it was said, that the defence minister Fiodorov gave an ultimatum to Zelensky, either to resign him, or Syrsky. Basically, he said - it's either him or me. If it's true, it's no surprise Zelensky took Fiodorov out, because at the end of the day, he is the President and technically a boss. When someone, who's supposed to be the part of your team starts giving you ultimatums, it's only a matter of time, before you get rid of him. So is the Syrsky really behind Fiodorov's resigantion, or did the Fiodorov quit himself, in reality?

Hi Denys, understand your concern but like Jake Bro, one must look carefully at both sides. My take is Z made the right decision so far. First, fire Fedorov to show the huge public support for him and the contempt for Syrskyi (who probably is eying the presidency). Z must first convince a lot of insiders, good and bad, the need to keep Fedorov and oust Syrskyi. Now it will be much easier for Z to move forward and reverse his decision.

Thank you Denys for this update. It's sad to hear that corruption is still going on. I just hope Ukrainians will do some reforms to get rid of it. Slava Ukraini!

extingish oligarchs

when you are near a tree that gets hit by lighting, you can be toast. need to 1/3 the height of the tree away.

i know one Ukrainian and never visited Ukrainian, but i feel the same as you. i worry about this war every minute, Ukraine is the only country defending democracy.

Yes it can strike you especially if it hits the tree. I’m praying for Ukraine Slava Ukraine

Zelenskyy was literally a manufactured TV comedian candidate by skilled image-makers. He had no prior managerial or executive track record. You can see he is good at positive image in foreign countries but inept and possibly corrupt as a manager.

The Russians are crying over loss of money and gas, not lives and what they’re doing in Ukraine. Yes, I feel sad for those that do care, but not the ones I’m seeing online.

Thank you, Denys. 'Feel sad but I trust in the Ukrainian people desire for freedom and democracy. Victory to Ukraine.

Great to keep it up. Maybe the situation of Spain in 1975 will give you hope. The dictator died with the idea of keeping the regime basically in place in perpetuity. However, his successor the king Juan Carlos basically went with the idea of dismantling it for reasons that aren't clear to this day. Everyone involved in the transition to democracy was corrupt in one way or another. Former regime members, the opposition parties, the different regional parties. The king himself. Maybe the first prime minister wasn't, but he was removed early on, and was accused of being a sexual abuser in any case. Yet despite this clown car of bad actors, Spain got through it, and is what it is today. Why? The society wouldn't put up with the corruption when it was exposed and the desire to progress, to stop being backwards with respect to Europe, to root out the influence of the church. There was a social consensus to do that.

It looks like Zelinski has to go and Federov needs to be reinstated. Serski has to go.

Sweden is on Ukraine's side 100%

In Zelensky I see someone who at least is trying, although I reserve final judgment until we know with certainty whether Federov will remain in a leadership position. 🤞

Great podcast as usual