In the West, Zelensky was accused of a provocation after the power went out during an interview

Retired U.S. Army colonel Daniel Davis accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of staging a provocation to distract the public from problems at the front.

He said this on George Galloway’s YouTube channel.

He was commenting on the power outage during the politician’s interview with the Western outlet The Guardian. According to the expert, the country lacks the strength to “plug the holes,” so the Russians continue to advance.

“It’s important for Zelensky to distract his population from this—hence all this circus,” Davis said.

He called such a policy a failure, noting that the Ukrainian leader should seek peace rather than cling to power.

Earlier, Russia’s special envoy Rodion Miroshnik commented on the power outage incident during Zelensky’s interview. He stressed that the politician likes to use theatrical effects to obtain money from the West.

As a reminder, the day before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave an interview to The Guardian journalist Luke Harding at his residence—the Mariinskyi Palace in Kyiv.

During the conversation, the power went out there; the moment was captured in a video published on the outlet’s YouTube channel.