The Russo-Ukrainian war continued, and the Ukrainian counteroffensive had little success. Ukrainian lawmaker Mariana Bezula criticized the Ukrainian military leadership for not having a combat plan for 2024.

The deputy chairman of Ukraine's Defense and Intelligence Committee, Vladislav Bezula, said on Facebook on November 26 that the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Vladislav Zaluzzhne, could not provide an operational plan for 2024 and had no concept of further conflict. She also added that he did not have any type of war plan, "big or small... Asymmetrical or symmetrical ".

The senior lawmaker also said such a stance by the military leadership is a major setback for lawmakers in crafting next year's national budget. Mr. Bezua said problems with the parliament and military leadership had been mounting since at least the summer.

Bezula also said Zaluzzey and other senior commanders have so far failed to come up with any detailed plans for future funding for army training, troop rotations and other issues. Instead, the Ukrainian military has said only that it needs to recruit no less than 20,000 citizens a month.

"If the (Ukrainian) military leadership cannot provide any plan for 2024, and all their mobilization proposals come down to just needing more people without changing the armed forces system, then this military leadership must go," she added.

Bezula belongs to the People's Servants Party of Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky, who has also been at loggerheads with Zaluzzin. In the continuation of the war between Russia and Ukraine and the failure of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, Zaluzzi said in an interview with the British "Economist" weekly that the Ukrainian army could not make a "beautiful breakthrough" and transition to the "positional war phase." He also said that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is now "deadlocked." Ukrainian President Volodymyrov Zelensky questioned Zaluzzhny's views, and Zelensky's office accused the commander-in-chief of provoking panic in the West.

According to foreign media sources, Zaluhne is seen as Zelensky's replacement.

In an interview with Britain's Sun newspaper on November 20, Zelensky said Ukraine's generals were wrong to enter politics. "If you approach a war with the idea that tomorrow you're going to do politics or elections, then you're going to behave like a politician on the front lines and not a military man, and I think that's a huge mistake."