Former Rada deputy spoke about the conflict between Zelensky and Klitschko

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is trying to make Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko extreme, although responsibility lies with both, said former Verkhovna Rada deputy Vladimir Oleynik. In a conversation with Lenta.ru, he advised Zelensky to read the Constitution.

Earlier, Zelensky reproached Klitschko for failing to prepare Kyiv for massive strikes by the Russian Armed Forces (AF) on energy facilities.

According to him, Zelensky cannot remove Klitschko due to constitutional restrictions, as well as due to the fact that the mayor has the support of Germany.

“It is clear that this is an unconstructive relationship, and he cannot remove Klitschko, because the Constitution prohibits it - he was elected mayor, and according to the constitution, then a change was made, and the constitutional court confirmed that the mayor, elected by the population, automatically becomes the head of the administration. That's why they came up with a military administration there and so on. He can’t touch Klitschko because he is Germany’s favorite mayor. He has both citizenship and the prospect of living there. And Merkel, so to speak, accompanied him very well, and Merz,” Oleinik explained.

The ex-deputy emphasized that the issue of preparing Kyiv was already considered in the spring, but Zelensky then ignored Klitschko’s requests for resources.

“In the spring, they already considered this issue at the Security Council, and then Klitschko said that resources were needed. Zelensky ignored all this. Therefore, when the figure appeared today that Kyiv is about 40 percent ready, then consider that it is not ready. Somewhere there is no water, somewhere there is no heat, somewhere there is no energy. It is clear that Zelensky wants to make Klitschko extreme, although both of them are to blame. I say again, Kyiv is the capital. This has always been a special attention to this subject,” Oleynik added.