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The Ukrainian ambassador to the United Kingdom, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, posted a photo on Facebook with his wife, Olena Zaluzhna, with the caption “Friends, I had an important meeting.” Member of Parliament Maryana Bezuhla immediately reacted to the post, saying that this is a kind of response to her previous statement about the ambassador’s meeting with MP Vadym Stolar. The photo was allegedly taken at the same place where Bezuhla said Zhaluzhny was seen with Stolar before. Despite the ambassador’s post, the MP did not stop her accusations and continued commenting on the situation on social media.
A post with the photo appeared on Zaluzhny’s Facebook page, where he, together with his wife, is shown just as in the post that Bezuhla had previously mentioned. In her Telegram channel, the MP immediately reacted to the ambassador’s publication.
“Well, an anti-crisis post from the ambassador himself has appeared. So who said it wasn’t Zhaluzhny? Yes, he published it himself, even the same place. Only Stoliar was first, and then his wife. What a priority,” — wrote MP Maryana Bezuhla in her Telegram channel.
Thus Bezuhla insists that the photo with the wife only confirms her earlier version — Zhaluzhny met with Vadym Stolar, who is a figure in a corruption scandal.
Why Bezuhla accused Zhaluzhny specifically now
Bezuhla’s statement about Zhaluzhny’s meeting with Stoliar emerged amid an NABU and SAP special operation against a criminal organization, in which, according to investigators, current and former MPs and senior officials of the Office of the President are involved. It is in this context that the surname Stoliar has appeared in recent days, with searches having been conducted on him. The MP claims that Zhaluzhny has long maintained ties with Stoliar and other controversial figures, and hints at possible interest from security services in this connection.
The reaction of social networks to Bezuhla’s publication was mixed — some users mock her version, considering the photo with his wife as a normal personal post by the ambassador, not an attempt to vindicate herself.
Earlier, Informator reported that Bezuhla’s statement about Zhaluzhny and Stoliar’s meeting sparked lively discussion on social networks, and the MP warned those who try to dispute her words. We also wrote that MP Vadym Stoliar left Ukraine while NABU was conducting searches at his home as part of a special operation against a criminal organization involving MPs and officials of the Office of the President.
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