Paul Manafort was just one of the names we heard.

Who were the others?

I bet Zelensky himself do see him as a major threat for his reelections.

I get your point. He’s popular and at some point when the dying stops, it’ll be relevant. I would say it would be relevant if Vance was able to replace Zelensky with this guy before the war was over, but I don’t think Vance is competent enough to make that happen, fortunately enough. I feel like people in that part of the world have a lot stronger civil immune system against disinfo.

Further, if Ukraine survives and everyone gets to go back to normal life, my guess would be that Zelensky wouldn’t give two shits if a competent military commander got to take his job with his biggest concern being losing the election, but who knows.