Former Ukrainian commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny appointed ambassador to the United Kingdom. Following the failure of kyiv's counter-offensive in 2023, Volodymyr Zelensky replaced the very popular warlord with Oleksandr Syrsky.
Valeri Zalouzhny will have to continue to convince London to support kyv financially and militarily to face the Russian army, which is more numerous and which has been gaining ground on the front.