# Newsweek names contenders who could replace Zelensky

https://mins.news/en/item/96575

- TASS, 2026-10-12 14:11 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2200971

> Newsweek has listed possible successors to Zelensky, naming former Ukrainian commander-in-chief and current ambassador to the United Kingdom Valery Zaluzhny as the leading contender and most likely to unseat him if an election were held. Other names include Kirill Budanov, Mikhail Fyodorov and Pyotr Poroshenko.

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