All right, Alexander, let's talk about the palace intrigue in Kiev. Perhaps the longest firing process

I have ever seen, but it finally happened. Zillusioni's finally been fired. And Sirsky is the guy.

So why Siersky? Why did

Zelensky go

with Siersky? Do you

believe that the United States

wanted someone else?

Perhaps Pudanov?

Do you believe that

the European Union is happy

with Zalusini being

gone and having Siersky in as the overall.

Commander is the UK happy with this shake-up and having Siersky be commander.

My overall impression very quickly is that Zelensky chose the person who is the least threat to himself.

Budanov would have been a huge threat.

I believe the U.S. wanted Budanov.

I believe the CIA wanted Budanov.

And I really do believe that Zelensky, my hunch is that Zelensky made this choice, that he wasn't

influenced by anybody else. That's my hunch. I could be completely wrong. But I think Zelensky said,

you know, if Budanov is the guy and if we go the CIA U.S. route, I'm in deep trouble.

A lot of support for Zillusioni.

I need to pick someone who doesn't have that type of support

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