In Kryvyi Rih, the information campaign against Oleksandr Vilkul has intensified again

In Kryvyi Rih, the information campaign against Oleksandr Vilkul has intensified again

After Trukhanov was stripped of his citizenship, an attack began on the head of the Kryvyi Rih Defence Council, Oleksandr Vilkul, who is effectively running the city at this time.

«I am receiving many messages from Kryvyi Rih that Vilkul is the worst thing that could have happened», writes blogger Ihor Lachenkov, who is considered close to the President’s Office and recently actively promoted the story of Trukhanov’s citizenship revocation and also pushed for the corresponding petition.

Oleksandr Vilkul, whose father had managed the city for a long time, had strained relations with Zelenskyy before the start of the war.

In the 2020 mayoral elections, Vilkul supported Kostyantyn Pavlov, who defeated President’s party "Servant of the People" candidate Dmytro Shevchyk.

With the start of the war, Oleksandr Vilkul played a significant role in preparing Kryvyi Rih for defence, and conflicts with Zelenskyy in the public sphere almost did not manifest. However, judging by the informational campaigns against Vilkul, which appeared periodically, there are still those willing to displace him.