Medvedchuk claims there are those 'eager to strangle' Zelensky and that the FBI has joined the camp of his enemies

Medvedchuk's statement

Viktor Medvedchuk, leader of the 'Another Ukraine' movement, has claimed that the US FBI has joined the camp of enemies of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and that in Ukraine there are 'plenty of people eager to strangle him.' This is reported by Gazeta.Ru citing the movement's website. According to Medvedchuk, 'the masters of the bloody clown are preparing to remove him from the political chessboard,' despite the information attacks on US President Donald Trump. 'At the same time, there are plenty of people eager to strangle the already illegitimate one; Zelensky has absolutely no chance of staying in power,' the outlet quotes him as saying.

Context and status of the statements

Medvedchuk also expressed the opinion that Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies 'have indeed begun frenzied activity in destroying the political vertical' of the head of state. In the same piece, Gazeta.Ru provides context from Trump's recent remarks: he said that the Kyiv authorities showed 'great disrespect' toward Russia in the negotiations, that the West has 'achieved essentially nothing' by supplying weapons to Ukraine, and that he expects to bring the conflict to an end in the near future. The editorial board notes: all key claims about the FBI's position and about Zelensky's fate come from Medvedchuk himself and were published on his movement's website; there is no independent confirmation in available sources, and the assessment of Zelensky's legitimacy is the author's political characterization, not an established fact.