Ukraine’s ex Commander-in-Chief runs into compliments for his Facebook post
“25 meters. Glock 17. There is still gunpowder in the chambers,” the former Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, wrote on Facebook on May 4, sharing his impressive marksmanship skills in hitting a bullet casing.
His post received more than 100 comments, with many expressing their happiness at his return to social media and encouraging him to be more active on the platform.
“With this short post, you really cheered me up and made me smile for the first time in many days of sadness and despair. I missed you!” wrote volunteer Victoria Miroshnichenko.
“Valerii Zaluzhnyi, please write here more often. One post and my mood has already lifted, it's a little easier, because I realized that all is not lost and there is hope,” wrote paramedic Oksana Ruban.
On Feb. 8, Zelenskyy announced that Zaluzhnyi was stepping down as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, to be succeeded by the Commander of the Ground Forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi.
The President made the announcement following a week of speculation about Zaluzhnyi’s resignation and reports of a rift with the Commander-in-Chief, which resurfaced in November 2023 after two prominent articles published in Time and The Economist, as well as subsequent events.
In the run-up to Zaluzhnyi’s resignation, Ukrainian journalists reported that the general was offered to serve as Ambassador to the UK, but at the time he declined in favor of remaining in the Ukrainian military.
On March 7, Zelenskyy appointed Zaluzhnyi as Ukraine's ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Kyiv has not had an ambassador to London since the summer of 2023, when Vadym Prystaiko was dismissed from his post.
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