Volodymyr Zelensky is preparing to step down and has suggested elections could be held in the near future. Reports place Oksana Torop as assisting Ambassador Valerii Zaluzhnyi with campaign activity based in London, with recruitment reportedly underway. Poland warned that a Russian drone explosion constituted another provocation amid rising tensions. Zaluzhnyi, nicknamed the "Iron General," gained prominence defending Kyiv in 2022 and was appointed ambassador to the UK in 2024. Journalists report campaign planning began over a month ago and that MP Viktoria Siumar may take operational charge. Torop says she is assisting with media relations and denies a presidential bid.
The Daily Mail has reported that a former BBC Ukraine journalist Oksana Torop is handling the Ukraine's ambassador to the UK, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi "campaign" at London's "headquarters." The Daily Mail reported a journalist at General Zaluzhnyi's "HS is already active in London and recruitment is underway." Poland warns Russian drone explosion is 'another provocation' as their patience with Putin is running thin
General Zaluzhnyi is known as the "Iron General" and he is the likely most popular candidate who could take the top job in Kyiv, he is also a person who Vladimir Putin should fear as he has a no-nonsense approach to enemies of Ukraine. He is held in high regard amongst many Ukrainian's after his heroic defending of Kyiv in 2022 when Putin started his full-scale war against Ukraine, he was then replaced and assigned as the Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK in 2024.
Kyiv Post Correspondent Jason Jay Smart said that "sources indicate that he gave the go-ahead to his team, over a month ago, to start planning his campaign." "This is not mere speculation. The former Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine, now ambassador to the UK, has effectively started his campaign," Livingstone claimed. Torop told NV, "At this moment, I am assisting Valerii Zaluzhnyi with media relations. Nothing more."
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