This bit was interesting as well. There is some speculation that the reason Budanov is picked because they’re realizing that the war is lost and plan to try and transition to building terrorist cells similar to what they did with IS in Syria, and that’s Budanov’s area of expertise.
The new Ukraine policy has been emerging over recent months. If understood correctly, the policy is designed to deal with the new reality that Ukraine will lose the war and Ukraine’s government may need to evacuate Kiev. Putting Budanov in effective control, including for the relocation of Ukraine’s capital, probably to Lviv, is the bedrock of the policy.
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