Swiss Info
July 9, 2023
The assessment, written in the wake of the attempted mutiny in Russia by the Wagner mercenary group and seen by the newspaper NZZ am Sonntag, claims that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is attempting to politically eliminate his biggest rival, Kyiv mayor Vitaly Klitschko, ahead of next year’s election. The claim, it added, is based on “credible intelligence.”
“In his attempt to eliminate Klitschko politically, Zelensky is showing authoritarian traits,” write the report’s authors. “It is very likely that Western states will exert pressure on the president and his entourage in this regard.”