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The Post is the CIA's semi official mouthpiece. The story was provided as a briefing by the Ukrainian Presidential office, direct from Zelensky. General Zaluzhny is being blamed for ordering the attack without official approval.
I doubt General Zaluzhny even has the authority or control over the units that would have done something like that. It would have been done by the Special Operations Force which is not under military control.
The capabilities of the Special Operations Force are greater than they would seem because they get lavish funding, equipment and probably support from outside Ukraine. They are the ones who supposedly showed up in Sudan for example. I would also not be surprised if the unit doesn't also have foreign fighters with it. There was an Israeli news article a while back suggesting that was going on Ukraine forms special forces unit for foreign fighters
I also strongly assume that the Special Operations Force in Ukraine directly works with the CIA. Which is why the Washington Post is publishing what its publishing.
Whats interesting is that right after Zaluzhny gave his "stalemate" interview, Zelensky abruptly removed the officer in charge of the Special Operations Force (a major-general) and replaced him with a totally unknown colonel for which they provided no background information at all when appointed. That was beyond odd. And then one or two days later Zaluzhny's deputy gets grenaded.
The feud between Zelensky and the military can't end well. Its either going to lead to some sort of coup against him. Or the replacement of the military leadership with something far more corrupt and far less competent.