Zelensky's dangerous game: That's what lies behind the dispute with army chief Saluzhny. The morale of the troops at the front could also suffer, especially since there is no public explanation for the dismissal.
Any new commander will still be fighting a larger, better-armed force in a war that has reached a grinding stalemate. Russia has more military forces and weapons than Ukraine, and for Kiev to win on the battlefield, the general told the president to mobilize as many soldiers as Russia plans to.