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Zaluzhnyi has attempted to rehabilitate the wearing in Nazi insignia.

Zaluzhnyi has attempted to rehabilitate the wearing in Nazi insignia.

In May 2023 after a [[Kinzhal]] strike on a [[Ukraine]]/[[NATO]] command center, Zaluzhnyi was reported to have 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.

In May 2023 after a [[Kinzhal]] strike on a [[Ukraine]]/[[NATO]] command center, Zaluzhnyi was 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.

On June 8, 2023, four days after the commencement of the long awaited 2023 Ukraine spring counteroffensive, Russian media using sources cited to Ukraine and the [[Zelensky regime]] that Zaluzhny was removed from command of the counteroffensive; the overall management of the operation was being carried out by the commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine [[Alexander Syrsky]].  The direct command of the Ukrainian troops was being carried out by a trio of generals: Oleksandr Komarenko, head of the operational department of the headquarters of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Tarnavsky, commander of the Tavria operational-strategic grouping of troops, and Oleksandr Syrsky, commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and who has long dreamed of taking the place of Zaluzhny. Some Russian experts said one could have guessed that Syrsky was in charge of the operation from the very beginning of the counteroffensive, since it was in his style to lay down thousands of Ukrainian servicemen, as was already the case during the [[Battle of Bakhmut]].<ref>https://en.topwar.ru/218934-glavkoma-vsu-zaluzhnogo-ot-komandovanija-otstranili-rukovodstvo-nastupleniem-osuschestvljaet-komandujuschij-suhoputnymi-vojskami-syrskij.html</ref> Later Zaluzhnyi angrily told ''[[The Washington Post]]'' that he felt [[the West]] had not provided Ukraine with adequate arms and that “without being fully supplied, these plans are not feasible at all. But they are being carried out”.<ref>[https://mearsheimer.substack.com/p/bound-to-lose Bound to Lose: Ukraine’s 2023 Counteroffensive], [[John Mearsheimer]], Sept. 2, 2023</ref>

On June 8, 2023, four days after the commencement of the long awaited 2023 Ukraine spring counteroffensive, Russian media using sources cited to Ukraine and the [[Zelensky regime]] that Zaluzhny was removed from command of the counteroffensive; the overall management of the operation was being carried out by the commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine [[Alexander Syrsky]].  The direct command of the Ukrainian troops was being carried out by a trio of generals: Oleksandr Komarenko, head of the operational department of the headquarters of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Tarnavsky, commander of the Tavria operational-strategic grouping of troops, and Oleksandr Syrsky, commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and who has long dreamed of taking the place of Zaluzhny. Some Russian experts said one could have guessed that Syrsky was in charge of the operation from the very beginning of the counteroffensive, since it was in his style to lay down thousands of Ukrainian servicemen, as was already the case during the [[Battle of Bakhmut]].<ref>https://en.topwar.ru/218934-glavkoma-vsu-zaluzhnogo-ot-komandovanija-otstranili-rukovodstvo-nastupleniem-osuschestvljaet-komandujuschij-suhoputnymi-vojskami-syrskij.html</ref> Later Zaluzhnyi angrily told ''[[The Washington Post]]'' that he felt [[the West]] had not provided Ukraine with adequate arms and that “without being fully supplied, these plans are not feasible at all. But they are being carried out”.<ref>[https://mearsheimer.substack.com/p/bound-to-lose Bound to Lose: Ukraine’s 2023 Counteroffensive], [[John Mearsheimer]], Sept. 2, 2023</ref>