Zelenskyy dismissed Oleh Sinaiko from his position on Oct. 1 as Deputy Head of Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service and replaced him with Hennadii Bohach. (Also, Oleh Luhovskyi was moved from a Deputy Head of the FIS to become First Deputy Head.) No explanations were provided in the announcement. Previously, in the spring, Zelenskyy had dumped the former FIS head and appointed Oleh Ivashchenko (who is still in his position). Such dismissals and reshuffling have been going on at a faster pace the last several months.
However, that night Zelenskyy explained, yet again, that all this is continually strengthening Ukraine and its administration. It was the subject of his nightly video:
“The key things—about the strengthening of the Service, and about our work on extremely sensitive information obtained by our Ukrainian intelligence officers. Now, in all areas and at all levels, we are preparing maximum results for the state for this fall. All the necessary content for Ramstein—the military, the Office and diplomats—everything that our partners need from Ukraine to better understand the available opportunities—all this we will ensure.”
At some point, some might realize that the geniuses who keep strengthening things seem to be the same ones who had appointed the weak links.
Zelenskyy also reported that the situation at the front is “particularly difficult now.” But “the most important thing—to exhaust the enemy and secure Ukraine’s ability to convince our partners of the steps that can radically, strategically change the military situation…. We really need this determination from our partners. Long-range capabilities.…”
That is, his argument is now, we can lose ground at the front, but more useless fighting is key to convincing the West to commit to attack deep into Russia.
