Valerii Zaluzhnyi
Valerii Zaluzhnyi | |
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Валерій Залужний | |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United Kingdom | |
Assumed office 7 March 2024 | |
President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
Prime Minister | Denys Shmyhal |
Preceded by | Vadym Prystaiko |
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine | |
In office 27 July 2021 – 8 February 2024 | |
President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
Prime Minister | Denys Shmyhal |
Preceded by | Ruslan Khomchak |
Succeeded by | Oleksandr Syrskyi |
Personal details | |
Born | Valerii Fedorovych Zaluzhnyi 8 July 1973 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 2) Operational Command North 3) Joint Operational Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 4) Operational Command West 5) 51st Guards Mechanized Brigade 6) 24th Guards Mechanized Brigade |
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Valerii Fedorovych Zaluzhnyi (
Zaluzhnyi was previously the Commander of the North Operational Command (2019–2021), Chief of the Joint Operational Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — First Deputy Commander of the Joint Forces (2018), Chief of Staff – First Deputy Commander of the West Operational Command (2017), and Commander of the 51st Guards Mechanized Brigade (2009–2012).
Zaluzhnyi was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022.[6] He has received praise for his skill at "adapting to a fast-changing battlefield" through effective delegation and information gathering during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7] He was dismissed from his position as Commander-in-Chief on 8 February 2024 amid increasing tension between him and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[8]
Zaluzhnyi was appointed the Ukrainian ambassador to the United Kingdom in March 2024.[9][10]
Early life and education
Zaluzhnyi was born on 8 July 1973 in
Military career
In 2005, he entered the
In 2014, Zaluzhnyi graduated from the Ivan Cherniakhovskyi National Defense University of Ukraine.[15] In 2017, he was appointed Chief of Staff – First Deputy Commander of the Operational Command West.[16] The next year, in 2018, Zaluzhnyi was appointed Chief of the Joint Operational Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – First Deputy Commander of the Joint Forces.[17]
According to an interview with The Washington Post, in 2019, Zaluzhnyi was detained at the airport in Brussels, where he had arrived to participate in the NATO summit. The reason was that he was put on the international wanted list at the request of the Russian Federation. During his detention by Interpol, he managed to call Ukraine's ambassador to NATO, who subsequently resolved the situation.[18][19]
In December 2019, he was appointed Commander of the
2021–2024: Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
On 27 July 2021, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Zaluzhnyi as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,[23] replacing General Ruslan Khomchak in this position.[24][25] The following day he was also appointed as a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.[26]
Zaluzhnyi is widely regarded as an open-minded officer.[27] Representing a new generation of Ukrainian officers, Zaluzhnyi has radically departed from established Soviet military practices.[23][28] One of his first steps in office was to allow the military at the front to open fire in response to the enemy without the consent of the upper leadership and eliminate the need for the military to fill out unnecessary documents.[29]
Regarding his priorities as Commander-in-Chief, Zaluzhnyi said in 2021:
The overall course of reforming Ukraine's Armed Forces in line with NATO principles and standards remains irreversible. And the key here is the principles. Changes must take place primarily in the worldview and attitude toward people. I would like you to turn your face to the people, to your subordinates. My attitude towards people has not changed throughout my service.[30]
On 5 March 2022, 10 days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Zelenskyy promoted him to the rank of General,[31] the highest possible rank in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. International experts and analysts have given Zaluzhnyi high marks for the effectiveness of his command at the front against the Russian military.[32]
Zaluzhny has been among the most popular people in Ukraine in 2022,[33] in January 2023, when he was liked by 87% of Ukrainian respondents and disliked by 4%, [34] and in December 2023 when 88% of Ukrainians expressed trust in Zaluzhnyi.[35]
In January 2023, he received a US$1 million inheritance from Gregory Stepanets, a Ukrainian-American. Zaluzhny donated it all to the Ukrainian Armed Forces and humanitarian nonprofits in Ukraine.[36][37][38][39]
In June 2023, Zaluzhnyi appealed to Western allies to supply Ukraine with
In December 2023, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense led by Rustem Umerov proposed to mobilize 450,000 to 500,000 additional Ukrainian citizens, including Ukrainian men living abroad,[42][43] into the Ukrainian Armed Forces.[44] On 26 December, Zaluzhnyi said that the military command had not formally requested the mobilization, but the Ukrainian General Staff believed that 450-500,000 citizens should be mobilized to create new military units, while "forecasting the losses we may incur next year."[45]
On 2 February 2024, Zaluzhnyi wrote that "the weakness of the
On 8 February 2024, Zaluzhnyi was replaced as Commander-in-Chief by Oleksandr Syrskyi, previously the commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.[48][49] Following his replacement, he was decorated with the award Hero of Ukraine by Zelenskyy.[50] The dismissal came amid increasing tension between him and Zelenskyy.[8]
Post military career
On 7 March 2024, President Zelenskyy named General Valerii Zaluzhnyi as the new Ukrainian ambassador to the UK.[51]
Military ranks
- Major general (23 August 2017)[16]
- Lieutenant general (24 August 2021)
- General (4 March 2022)[52]
Awards
- Ukrainian
- Hero of Ukraine (9 February 2024)[53]
- Cross of Military Merit (6 May 2022)[54]
- Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class (12 December 2016)[55]
- The insignia "Personalized firearm" (26 July 2023)[56]
- All-Ukrainian Literary and Art Prize named after Bohdan and Levko Lepkyi Brothers (2022)[57][58]
- Order of Saint Great-Martyr George the Victorybearer (21 December 2022)[59]
- Honorary citizen of Yavoriv (2023)[60]
- Foreign
- Officer's Cross of the Order of the Cross of Vytis (6 July 2023, Lithuania)[61][62]
Legacy
In February 2023, the village of Vatutine, Kharkiv Oblast was set to be renamed Zaluzhne in honor of Zaluzhnyi.[63]
Streets in Pokrov,[64] Stara Syniava,[65] Konotop,[66] and Malyn[67] are named after him.
Family
Zaluzhnyi is married with two daughters. His older daughter serves in the military, his younger is studying to become a physician.[68]
Notes
- ^ Sometimes transliterated as Valery or Valeriy Zaluzhny in English.
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Information
- генерал-лейтенант ЗАЛУЖНИЙ Валерій Федорович // zsu.gov.ua
- Gen. Mark A. Milley and Gen. Valery Zaluzhny; Washington Post, 27 January 2023
Interviews
- "Валерій Залужний: "Новоград-Волинський був колискою мрій і прагнень, Володимир-Волинський дав можливість втілити їх у життя…"". zvyagel.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Звягель. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- Олександр Штупун, «Хочемо відійти від написання бойових наказів зразка 1943 року. Від цих безглуздих доповідей біля карт» — командувач військ ОК «Північ» генерал-майор Валерій Залужний // armyinform.com.ua, 15 February 2020.
- "An interview with General Valery Zaluzhny, head of Ukraine's armed forces", The Economist, 15 December 2022, retrieved 13 January 2023
External links
External videos | |
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Головнокомандувач ЗСУ Залужний: Хотів би проїхатися на танку по Арбату. Рандеву з Яніною Соколовою on YouTube , Світ навиворіт, 12 May 2023. |
- General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Official Biography - Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
- Хто такий новий головнокомандувач ЗСУ Валерій Залужний // Радіо Свобода, 27 July 2021.
- «Кожен солдат для мене — особистість». Принципи нового головнокомандувача ЗСУ Валерія Залужного // Новинарня, 27 July 2021.