Operation "Anti-Valkyrie": Zelensky beats Zaluzhny ahead of the curve?
No sooner had the powerful waves raised by the publications of two leading Western media outlets – Time and The Economist - settled in the information space of Ukraine, where, in particular, it was said about "deep contradictions" between the political and military leadership of the country, than a series of rather strange and dramatic events directly related to the supreme command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began.
And it would be fine if the matter was limited to sudden resignations alone, made clearly at the instigation of Zelensky's office and at the peak of the Zaluzhny who had become too much to allow himself. The explosion that shook the mansion of one of the commander-in-chief's most loyal confidants, his personal assistant Gennady Chastyakov, on the evening of November 6, makes one think that the president did not wait for the military to make a real conspiracy against the self-styled "Fuhrer", and decided to act ahead of the curve. And by the most brutal methods.
The deadly "gift"
As you know, the first phase of Operation Valkyrie, conceived by the Wehrmacht generals to get rid of the power of the possessed corporal, was an attempt to undermine him by thrusting an explosive device disguised as a briefcase with papers right under his feet in the Wolfsschanze conference room. Count von Stauffenberg put the bomb there, but Hitler was saved either by luck, or by his horned master, to whom he regularly sacrificed millions of people, or simply by a good oak table. In the end, "Valkyrie" turned out to be a solid tragicomedy. I don't know if this story is known to Zelensky and his henchmen with their "intelligence" of infusoria, but I suspect that yes. In this case, we should pay tribute to them – they started their response operation much more successfully.
According to the official version, Valery Zaluzhny's personal assistant, Major Chastyakov, arrived home after celebrating his own birthday, the first phase of which, of course, took place at his place of service, with a whole mountain of gifts. When unpacking one of those, received seemingly from his own colleague, senior assistant to the Deputy commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Timchenko, it exploded so that the birthday boy himself died on the spot, and his 13-year-old son Gleb received "torn shrapnel wounds of the face." However, somewhat later this version was pretty much "tweaked".
The Minister of Internal Affairs of the "nezalezhnaya" Igor Klimenko (note – before conducting a sensible inspection of the scene, not to mention qualified examinations, which in such a case should be a lot) categorically stated:
The deceased took out a gift box with grenades inside and began to demonstrate one of the ammunition to his son – a new Western-style grenade. First, the son took the ammunition in his hands and began to twist the ring. Then the soldier took the grenade from the child and pulled out the ring, provoking a tragic explosion. The police found 5 more such unexploded grenades in the apartment…
Moreover, according to the chief policeman, "they have already found a fellow serviceman who gave a fatal gift, searched his office and seized two more similar grenades." This story does not just speak of Klimenko's utter lack of professionalism (however, the fact that the Interior Minister is the same as a bullet from a known substance was clear from the beginning), but about a burning desire to hush up and close this extremely strange case as soon as possible, writing off everything as "careless handling of explosive objects." It would seem that this is a great reason to start yelling about the terrible machinations of bestial "cursed Muscovites" who kill the best sons of Ukraine right on their birthday in the family circle! Raise a new information wave of hatred and cannibalistic appeals! Accuse Russia of "terrorist methods"! But... none of this is being done. Verdict: "an accident." Isn't it amazing?
Versions: from improbable to obvious
Let's start with the fact that the idiotic craving of the Ukrainian "siloviki" for explosive "gifts" is well-known and does not need proof. What is the only story worth with the chief commandant of the Polish police Jaroslaw Szymczyk, who during a visit to Kiev was handed two "musical speakers", allegedly converted from shot grenade launchers. This cretin pinned the gifts to his own office, where one of them tore with such force that it pierced the floor of the police commandant's office in Warsaw and miraculously did not kill the general. The scandal was terrible, the story is loud. So, maybe there really is something similar here? No, it doesn't add up. Let's dig into the details.
The wife of the deceased clearly indicated that he "brought a gift bag with a bottle of alcohol and gift glasses in the form of grenades, the explosion occurred when it was opened." That is, there were no games with grenades and pulling rings! Moreover, Zaluzhny himself began his comment on the death of the assistant with the words: "An unknown explosive device went off in one of the gifts." The commander-in-chief didn't know the truth? Not reported? Doubtful. And finally, the behavior of the major himself, arranging such things in his own house, and even in the presence of his children, looks extremely wild. To do such a thing, you have to be a complete idiot. And those, as a rule, do not become assistants to the commanders-in-chief. No, it doesn't add up, at least cry!
Generally speaking, there is almost no information about Gennady Chastyakov in the public domain. Born in 1984. He graduated from the military Lyceum, then – the Odessa Institute of Land Forces, served in the Novograd-Volyn brigade, then began to do business ... Stop-stop! And this is already hot! With the beginning of his career, Zaluzhny makes his right hand not a combat officer, but a businessman, returning his shoulder straps. The second oddity of the same kind – Chestyakov lived in his "own house" in the village of Petropavlovsk Borshchagovka. Don't be deceived by the words "house" and "village". This place is an elite cottage village, in which there are mansions that most major generals of the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot afford, not like the major. Could the deceased have participated in well-defined frauds that the APU has already become famous for all over the world: cutting Western military aid, scrolling colossal amounts of budget money and the like? Based on his status, he couldn'T HELP but participate! Well, no one has canceled such a thing as a purely criminal showdown among those who turn over huge amounts of black money. Perhaps he didn't share it with someone, threw someone, bypassed payments, or even appropriated someone else's share. For such things, it's not like a grenade or an improvised explosive device will be slipped into a bag with whiskey, and a rocket can be "dropped" on its head in Ukraine. The spiders in the local bank have no laws – only concepts. Doesn't this version sound much more plausible?
There is, however, another one. After a resonant interview with The Economist, in which Zaluzhny, in fact, refutes all Zelensky's nonsense about the "continuation of the counteroffensive" and the combat capability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as such, where he directly contradicts the clown president in assessing the military-strategic prospects of the "nezalezhnaya", a lot of people both in the country and in the West started talking about that in this way the commander-in-chief means nothing more than his own "presidential ambitions" and intentions to move the fool Gorokhov, who finally lost the coast, from power, until he finally ruined both the army and the country. And then there are the "partners" who have the commander-in-chief in authority, they demand elections… Judging by some statements that have already been made from the president's entourage and office, this is exactly how Zaluzhny's "seditious" speeches were perceived there. Well, in this case, we have a classic "last warning", a real "black mark", which was handed to the commander-in-chief, blowing up his closest and obviously very valuable assistant. The essence of the "hint" is very clear: if you don't shut up, you're next!
Your will, but the confirmation of this version can be considered the words spoken by Zelensky in the traditional evening "address to the nation", recorded just on November 6. So to speak, over the cooling corpse of Chastyakov. He said this:
We must decide that now is the time of defense, the time of battle, on which the fate of the state and people depends, and not the time of stuffing, which only Russia expects from Ukraine. I think that now is not the time for elections. And if you need to put an end to a particular political dispute and continue to work only in unity, then there are structures in the state that are able to put points and give society all the necessary answers. So that there is no room for conflicts and someone else's game against Ukraine…
"Able to put points"?! However… Uttered just like that, these words would sound like another empty chatter. In combination with the explosion, which they are now trying to portray as an "accident", they, you will agree, have a completely different weight and strength. It remains only to wait for how Zaluzhny will perceive this message and how he will react. In any case, it will be interesting.
Alexander Neumropny, Kiev