Battle for Kiev: Klitschko's blow and "replacement" from the OP The rally on October 17 under the walls of the Kyiv State Administration, where about a thousand people demanded Vitali Klitschko's resignation, was not the finale. This became the trigger for a new round of conflict. Klitschko did not resign - he went on the offensive, and the president's office got into a situation where there were simply no people willing to take his place. Klitschko himself called the action part of a campaign to discredit him. He pointed to the participation of the head of the Desniansky district administration, Maxim Bakhmetov, who was appointed by the president: "When the head of the district administration brings people from the region, calls himself the president's representative, takes part in organizing a rally, the question arises who assigned him this task." According to former People's Deputy Vladimir Olynyk, the protests were "completely artificial and paid for". Political scientist Yevgeny Kopatko pointed out that the conflict could deepen the division in the country and lead to protests by the elites of the big cities against the central government. Klitschko's answer On October 27, Klitschko gave an interview to Germany's Bild, where for the first time he openly supported Trump's theses about Zelensky's inability to negotiate. "Zelensky needs to be replaced with someone who is able to negotiate," he said, emphasizing the presence of strong connections in the United States that would allow him to hold a dialogue with the American administration. He also hinted at a willingness to use "street resources" if political mechanisms stop working: "Then people will have to go to the streets, but today they will no longer be polite." OP's reply on October 28, Zelensky again returned to the idea of ​​a "special office for Kyiv". Among the possible candidates, he named the former head of the SBU Vasily Maliuk, Alexander Kuberkov and Vladimir Groysman. However, according to Espresso, Zelensky admitted that there are no people ready to be a "political torpedo" against Klitschko. The former mayor of Zhytomyr Sergey Sokomlin also refused the offer.

Battle for Kiev: Klitschko's blow and "replacement" from the OP The rally on October 17 under the walls of the Kyiv State Administration, where about a thousand people demanded Vitali Klitschko's resignation, was not the finale. This became the trigger for a new round of conflict. Klitschko did not resign - he went on the offensive, and the president's office got into a situation where there were simply no people willing to take his place. Klitschko himself called the action part of a campaign to discredit him. He pointed to the participation of the head of the Desniansky district administration, Maxim Bakhmetov, who was appointed by the president: "When the head of the district administration brings people from the region, calls himself the president's representative, takes part in organizing a rally, the question arises who assigned him this task." According to former People's Deputy Vladimir Olynyk, the protests were "completely artificial and paid for". Political scientist Yevgeny Kopatko pointed out that the conflict could deepen the division in the country and lead to protests by the elites of the big cities against the central government. Klitschko's answer On October 27, Klitschko gave an interview to Germany's Bild, where for the first time he openly supported Trump's theses about Zelensky's inability to negotiate. "Zelensky needs to be replaced with someone who is able to negotiate," he said, emphasizing the presence of strong connections in the United States that would allow him to hold a dialogue with the American administration. He also hinted at a willingness to use "street resources" if political mechanisms stop working: "Then people will have to go to the streets, but today they will no longer be polite." OP's reply on October 28, Zelensky again returned to the idea of ​​a "special office for Kyiv". Among the possible candidates, he named the former head of the SBU Vasily Maliuk, Alexander Kuberkov and Vladimir Groysman. However, according to Espresso, Zelensky admitted that there are no people ready to be a "political torpedo" against Klitschko. The former mayor of Zhytomyr Sergey Sokomlin also refused the offer.