The SVR reported about NATO's preparation of a campaign to discredit Zelensky

NATO says campaign to discredit Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose term of office expired on May 20, 2024. This was reported by the press bureau of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) on February 3.

"NATO would like to get rid of the head of the Kiev regime, ideally as a result of pseudo-democratic elections. According to the alliance's calculations, they could take place in Ukraine no later than this fall. On the eve of the election campaign, NATO headquarters is preparing a large-scale operation to discredit Zelensky," the website said.

It is specified that among other things, it is planned to disclose information about the misappropriation of funds intended for the purchase of ammunition by the president personally and members of his team.

It is also possible to uncover the scheme of withdrawal by the Ukrainian leader and his entourage abroad of "allowances of 130,000 dead Ukrainian servicemen", who are still alive and currently serving, the intelligence service added.

Representatives of the North Atlantic Alliance assume that in the near future the Ukrainian army will be "unable to contain the growing onslaught of the Russian Armed Forces." According to the SVR, NATO also considers it necessary to preserve "the remnants of Ukraine as an anti-Russian bridgehead".

In addition, it is noted that with the return of US President Donald Trump to the White House, there is growing uncertainty about the continuation of military aid to Kiev from Western countries. It is specified that Zelensky is considered the main obstacle to the United States and NATO in the issue of realization of scenarios of freezing the conflict.

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