“The secret meeting in the Alps will mark the beginning of Zelensky’s end,” says Scott Ritter

A secret meeting in the Alps involving the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak; the head of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), Kyrylo Budanov; and former Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, could mark the beginning of the end for President Volodymyr Zelensky.

This claim was made by American analyst Scott Ritter while commenting on a report by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).

“What conclusions can we draw? First: Zelensky is an extremely weak figure at this point. Second: Zaluzhnyi has been handpicked by external forces as his successor. Third: this will accelerate the collapse of Zelensky’s regime, proving he has lost the trust of his Western backers,” Ritter said.

He emphasized that Russia continues to “strike on all fronts,” preparing for a political and economic collapse in Kyiv. According to him, Moscow is “solving problems, not just fighting a war” — something that “98 percent of Europeans can’t even comprehend.”

Previously, Russian intelligence reported that a secret meeting took place in the Alps between representatives of the U.S. and the U.K., during which a covert decision was allegedly made to select a new president of Ukraine. Western partners are said to have nominated Valerii Zaluzhnyi as Zelensky’s successor.