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Volodymyr Zelenskyy reveals big secret of Russian special services

18 November, 2023 Saturday
18:55

They are allegedly preparing an operation codenamed 'Maidan-3'. The aim of the operation is to split Ukrainian society by creating 'chaos' to remove Zelenskyy from office

The president of Ukraine told foreign journalists on Thursday, November 16. He added that Ukrainian intelligence has information about the Russian special operation, and that it "also came from our partners." For Russians, Maidan is "a coup, so the operation is understandable".

What is clear is not only that the Russians dream of a coup in Ukraine. It is also clear that the Ukrainian government is among those helping the Kremlin.

The Maidan did not appear out of nowhere; it could not have been prepared and provoked by any intelligence service, Russian, American, Ukrainian or any other.  

Ukrainians came to the Maidan when the government left them no choice. When authorities were trying to take away our freedom and democracy. The Maidans took place because of the prevalence of corruption, the refusal to integrate with Europe and the attempt to drive us into the Russian stable.

Today, Ukrainians definitely do not want to come out to the Maidan because we are at war and have an enemy inside the country. We have to do everything for victory and peace on our land.

We have united around the defense of independence and the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 

Zelenskyy and his entourage wanted to destroy our unity by proposing to hold presidential elections next spring. Even though 80% of Ukrainians oppose such elections.

For the needs of the campaign, Zelenskyy's entourage was preparing a strike against the military and, in particular, General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi.  

So, if the Russians were preparing Operation Maidan-3, it was probably with the election fever in Ukraine and the irresponsible actions of Zelenskyy's team in mind.

But there will be no elections, because the offices on Bankova Street have realized that they cannot win elections during the war.

The conclusion is simple: everyone should do everything for Ukraine, not just satisfy their own ambitions.

And the government should stop scaring Ukrainians and our partners with the prospect of another Maidan. Just work responsibly and unite society with uncensored telethons of oligarchs for public funds. 

P.S. In general, three Maidans have already taken place. The first was called the Student Revolution on Granite.

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About the author. Mykola Kniazhytskyi, journalist, Member of Parliament of Ukraine.

The editors do not always share the opinions expressed by the authors of the blogs 

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