DISINFO: Ukraine's allies are getting ready to sacrifice Zelenskyy
SUMMARY
Zelenskyy is clearly preparing for negotiations with Trump. This requires preparation. It is also clear that the fate of Ukraine will not be decided by its current leader, and this makes him nervous. Zelensky also understands that he has no personal value to anyone.
He won’t relax for a long time in exile in Monaco after his presidency, because, on the one hand, he knows too much and on the other hand, who will let him use all the loot? That’s not what he was developed for. He would be an excellent candidate to play the role of a sacrificial victim.
RESPONSE
Recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative personally targeting the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the context of Russia's unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
This disinformation message intends to create an impression of Russian strength ahead of any possible peace negotiations with Ukraine, promoting the idea that the negotiations to resolve the current crisis will take place sooner or later, but not with Zelenskyy himself.
The claim that his allies are ready to sacrifice him, which was not supported by any evidence, aims to erode trust in Ukraine’s leadership.
In addition, through these baseless allegations, this disinformation story aims to promote a recurring pro-Kremlin narrative about corruption among Ukrainian leadership, whose goal is to undermine international aid for Ukraine’s self-defence against Russia’s aggression. Claims about Volodymyr Zelenskyy being corrupt are unsubstantiated, but pro-Kremlin disinformation has promoted them regularly throughout the war as a strategy to erode his public standing both inside and outside Ukraine.
President Zelenskyy ran in the 2019 election on an anti-corruption platform and have made progress on this front. While challenges remain due to war disruptions, the Ukrainian state is still capable of tracking corruption and holding corrupt officials accountable. For example, in August 2023, President Zelenskyy fired military recruitment chiefs amid corruption concerns. Additionally, the Ukrainian Parliament dismissed an agriculture minister due to alleged involvement in illegal acquisition of state-owned land.
Moreover, President Zelenskyy himself oversaw the tracking down of corrupt conscription officers, and equated bribery in war time to "high treason".
All these allegations have been systematically debunked. See some examples, such as claims that Zelenskyy stole more money than all Ukrainian presidents combined, that French media reported that Zelensky bought a luxury hotel in Courchevel for 88 million euros, that Zelensky bought Hitler's ceremonial limousine, that Zelenskyy bought Goebbels’ villa to show his commitment to Bandera, that Zelenskyy's wife bought one of the most expensive sports cars in the world , that the IMF considers Ukraine is a totally corrupt state fuelled by the US and NATO, that Zelenskyy bought a British mansion from King Charles III for 20 million pounds, that Olena Zelenska spent more than 1 million dollars on jewellery with EU money, that European taxpayers finance cocaine and Zelenskyy's luxury villas, that Zelenskyy's mother-in-law uses war money to buy luxury houses, or that Zelenskyy and the Kyiv junta need to continue the war against Russia to enrich themselves with Western aid.