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Valerii Zaluzhnyi

Also known as Zaluzhnyi

Valerii Fedorovych Zaluzhnyi is a Ukrainian military commander who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from 2021 to 2024, leading Ukraine's defense against the Russian invasion that began in February 2022. He was subsequently appointed as Ukraine's Ambassador to the United Kingdom in 2024.

Valerii Zaluzhnyi

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Former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi:

Tomorrow, it will be enough for someone in Australia to press two buttons, and robots could destroy, for example, Poland’s entire energy infrastructure. That’s it.

This is the new nuclear weapon that has now emerged. It is even more frightening. Machines that can wage war.

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Former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi:

In 2026, Ukraine has used every type of weapon--except perhaps Tomahawks, nuclear weapons, aircraft carriers, and F-35 aircraft that are in NATO’s arsenal--and it ...

Former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi:

In 2026, Ukraine has used every type of weapon--except perhaps Tomahawks, nuclear weapons, aircraft carriers, and F-35 aircraft that are in NATO’s arsenal--and it has applied the doctrines for their use.

Russia has found a countermeasure to all of it. It all started with HIMARS, which gave the Armed Forces of Ukraine the ability to liberate the Kherson region, whatever anyone may tell you. HIMARS liberated the Kherson region.

Bohdana howitzers and French Caesars liberated Snake Island. Kherson was liberated with HIMARS. Exactly a month later, they turned into, well, a useless thing that was simply impossible to use.

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