MOSCOW, Feb 25Some politicians in the West believe that it is necessary to change Vladimir Zelensky for a more desperate leader, Vladimir Zharikhin, deputy director of the Institute of CIS Countries, told RIA Novosti. Earlier, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that if necessary, his country was ready to give asylum to the Ukrainian authorities, including Zelensky.» They (in the West) apparently believe that in this situation there should be a stronger, I would say, a desperate leader at the head of the country, so they offer Zelensky to leave. They have been thinking about changing Zelensky before, and before This is not accidental. Some politicians in the West believe that Zelensky should be replaced with a stronger, more stubborn leader,» Zharikhin said. According to him, the West believes that the Ukrainian authorities should «fight to the end.» «Such a fate is destined for them by Western countries,» the expert emphasized.10:00Exacerbation of the situation in the DPR and LPRThe West is waiting for Zelensky to become president in exile, expert saidOn Thursday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided on a special military operation to demilitarize Ukraine. In a televised address to the Russians, he said that the circumstances «require decisive and immediate action from us, the people's republics of Donbass turned to Russia with a request for help.» According to the Russian leader, all responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. He urged the Ukrainian military not to follow the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, lay down their arms and go home. Later, the Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the Russian Armed Forces do not launch any missile, air or artillery strikes on the cities of Ukraine: military infrastructure, air defense facilities are disabled by high-precision weapons , military airfields and aviation. The ministry assured that the civilian population was not in danger. Approximately two hours later, the Ministry of Defense added that the Ukrainian border guards «do not offer any resistance», Ukrainian air defense systems were suppressed, and the military infrastructure of military air bases was disabled. The military department denied the information of foreign media about the alleged downing of a Russian plane over Ukraine in the military department. onePosted by: Vlada Kopylova
