Bangladesh, Feb. 22 -- The factional war within Ukraines political, military, and security elites is intensifying. And it is increasingly unfolding in public, albeit still underreported in mainstream Western media. The latest development has to do with former commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny, who has accused President Volodymyr Zelensky of ordering SBU searches of his office in 2022 as a means of intimidation. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) denies it. In any case, if true, why reveal this now? The timing is anything but accidental.

Zaluzhnys accusation surfaces precisely as discussions around elections, a possible ceasefire, and even a “land for peace” formula re-enter Western and Ukrainian debates. This is thus not ...