Valerii Zaluzhnyi

Zaluzhnyi’s team refutes election campaign speculation

Oksana Torop, media advisor to Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom Valerii Zaluzhnyi, clarified to NV on Aug. 20 whether the former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces is preparing for presidential elections.

20 August 2025, 08:10 PM

Valeriy Zaluzhnyi stars in Vogue Ukraine for the first time and writes a column

Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s former top general and current ambassador to the U.K., appeared in Vogue Ukraine Leaders 2025 and took part in a photo shoot.

29 July 2025, 05:59 PM

War in Ukraine could last until 2034, Zaluzhnyi says

Russia’s war against Ukraine could persist until 2034, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, former Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces and now Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom, said in an interview with news outlet LB.ua on July 23.

24 July 2025, 05:56 PM

Zaluzhnyi: U.S. stockpiles outdated missiles it could send to Ukraine

Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, former Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi, says the United States has large stockpiles of aging missiles that are slated for disposal — and Washington could transfer them to Ukraine instead.

12 July 2025, 04:31 AM

Zaluzhnyi still most trusted Ukrainian public figure in new poll

Former Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi continues to hold the highest trust rating among Ukrainians, with 73% saying they trust him and only 18% expressing distrust, according to a new nationwide poll released by the Rating Sociological Group on July 9.

9 July 2025, 12:35 PM

Most Ukrainians still oppose holding elections in wartime, poll finds

Just over 57% of Ukrainians believe that elections in the country should be held only after a ceasefire agreement is reached and martial law is lifted, according to a survey published on June 25.

26 June 2025, 02:19 AM

Drop hopes of Ukraine reclaiming 1991 borders, Zaluzhnyi says

Kyiv can no longer expect to liberate all its sovereign territory from Russian occupation, Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK and former Commander-in-Chief, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, said on May 22.

23 May 2025, 12:45 AM

Zaluzhnyi opens up about thwarted plan for elite Ukrainian corps in 2022

Former Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi revealed that his 2022 plan to create an elite air assault corps, intended for Western training, was blocked and remained unrealized, he wrote in an article cited by The Times on May 8.

9 May 2025, 02:50 PM

AFU’s corps system reform was blocked in 2022 — former C-in-C Zaluzhnyi

Reforming Ukraine’s military into a corps-division-brigade structure started as early as 2022, but the process was deliberately stalled, Kyiv’s Ambassador to the UK and former Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi said in an article for Militarnyi on May 6.

6 May 2025, 09:41 PM

Former army chief Zaluzhnyi details Ukrainian military operations planned in Germany

A headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany, served as a “secret weapon” for Ukraine and its allies, orchestrating Armed Forces operations and shaping military aid against Russia’s invasion, former Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi said in a Facebook post on April 8.

8 April 2025, 11:19 PM

Peace by Easter, polls by July? Zelenskyy’s quiet election calculus

With U.S. officials eyeing a possible ceasefire by April 20, NV spoke to lawmakers and experts to unpack why foreign media are buzzing again about Ukrainian elections — and whether President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s team could realistically pull one off that fast after his recent call to start preparing.

31 March 2025, 07:03 PM

Zaluzhnyi resolute on elections during war: Ukraine needs defenders, not candidates

Ukraine's Ambassador to the UK and former Commander-in-Chief, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, dismissed rumors about his potential participation in elections during the war, RBC-Ukraine reported on March 31.

31 March 2025, 11:26 AM

Ambassador Zaluzhnyi showcases war-scarred lions saved by Britain

Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the UK and former army chief, spotlighted five lions evacuated from Ukraine to a new rescue center in Kent, calling them “living witnesses to war” in a March 26 Facebook post celebrating Britain’s aid to both people and animals fleeing Russia’s invasion.

26 March 2025, 05:25 PM

Romania asked not to mention Shahed drones falling on its territory — Valerii Zaluzhnyi

Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK and former top military commander, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, described Romania’s response to Russian Shahed drone attacks on its territory on March 26.

26 March 2025, 04:38 PM

Valeriy Zaluzhnyi reveals new book on Ukraine's war at London Book Fair

Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK and former military chief Valeriy Zaluzhny announced the release of his new book about the war in Ukraine, a sequel to My War, at the London Book Fair, Hromadske reports on March 13.

13 March 2025, 05:48 PM

Zaluzhnyi criticizes Washington, signaling unity with Zelenskyy — WP

While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has taken a cautious approach following a heated exchange in the Oval Office on Feb. 28, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Kingdom and former commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces (2021–2024), Valerii Zaluzhnyi, has taken a different path, The Washington Post reported on March 8.

9 March 2025, 09:57 PM

US undermining world order, NATO at risk – Zaluzhnyi

Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.K., Valerii Zaluzhnyi, cautioned that NATO could cease to exist, with Russia’s next step being an attack on Europe, according to a speech at Chatham House reported by The Times on March 6.

6 March 2025, 04:22 PM

Valerii Zaluzhnyi meets journalists in London church, thanks them for their work

Former commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces and Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, met with journalists at St. Bride’s Church in London to thank them for their work during the full-scale invasion, he said on Facebook on Feb. 27.

27 February 2025, 02:20 PM

Ukrainians favor Zaluzhnyi bloc in hypothetical general election

If Ukraine held parliamentary elections soon, a bloc led by former Armed Forces Commander Valerii Zaluzhnyi would likely take the lead with 37.7% of the vote, according to a Socis survey from Feb. 3-9, 2025, obtained by NV.

26 February 2025, 04:45 PM

Putin avoids naming Zelenskyy, calls Zaluzhnyi 'mister': Political analyst explains dictator's new game

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview with propagandist Pavel Zarubin, acknowledged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the legitimate head of state but refrained from mentioning his name. Instead, he referred to Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the former commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces and current ambassador to the UK, as "Mister Zaluzhnyi," claiming that Zaluzhnyi’s popularity rating is twice that of Zelenskyy’s.

26 February 2025, 01:30 PM

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