| | As of February 2022, '''Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi''' was the [[commander-in-chief]] of the Armed Forces Ukraine. Under Zaluzhnyi's command Ukraine suffered 191,000 casualties in the [[Russia-Ukraine war]], with more than 50,000 killed in action, 47,000 maimed, and 90,000 desertions. Zaluzhnyi opposed a plan to invade [[Kursk]] calling it suicide,<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/kursk-russia-incursion-objections-war-in-ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskyy/</ref> and was replaced with [[Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky]] by Ukrainian dictator [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] on February 8, 2024/<ref> https://weapons.substack.com/p/zaluzhny-out-oleksandr-syrskyi-in</ref> | | As of February 2022, '''Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi''' was the [[commander-in-chief]] of the Armed Forces Ukraine. Under Zaluzhnyi's command Ukraine suffered 191,000 casualties in the [[Russia-Ukraine war]], with more than 50,000 killed in action, 47,000 maimed, and 90,000 desertions. Zaluzhnyi opposed a plan to invade [[Kursk]] calling it suicide,<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/kursk-russia-incursion-objections-war-in-ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskyy/</ref> and was replaced with [[Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky]] by Ukrainian dictator [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] on February 8, 2024/<ref> https://weapons.substack.com/p/zaluzhny-out-oleksandr-syrskyi-in</ref> |
| − | In May 2023 after a strike on a command center, Zaluzhnyi sustained shrapnel injuries to the head 90 seconds after receiving a call from [[Zelensky]]'s office confirming his location. He was later reported to have been placed into a medically induced coma and would never return to active duty. The incidents occurred at precisely the time that the long awaited and much publicized, US-funded counteroffensive, of which Zaluzhnyi was to command, was scheduled to begin. | + | In May 2023 after a strike on a command center 90 seconds after receiving a call from [[Zelensky]]'s office confirming his location, Zaluzhnyi sustained shrapnel injuries to the head. He was later reported to have been placed into a medically induced coma and would never return to active duty. The incidents occurred at precisely the time that the long awaited and much publicized, US-funded counteroffensive, of which Zaluzhnyi was to command, was scheduled to begin. |
| | Zaluzhnyi was an active participant in the armed confrontation in the [[Donbas]] by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to his own recollections, it was he who led the movements of the 25th Territorial Battalion, during the battles for [[Debaltsevo]] in July 2014, as well as January-February 2015. These events are also known as the "Debaltsevo cauldron". | | Zaluzhnyi was an active participant in the armed confrontation in the [[Donbas]] by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to his own recollections, it was he who led the movements of the 25th Territorial Battalion, during the battles for [[Debaltsevo]] in July 2014, as well as January-February 2015. These events are also known as the "Debaltsevo cauldron". |