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[[File:Zelensky Zaluzhny pistol.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukrainian dictator Volodymyr Zelensky presents Gen. Zaluzhny with a pistol; to shoot himself with if he loses the [[2023 Ukraine counteroffensive]].]]

[[File:Zaluzhnyi.PNG|left|350px|thumb|Zaluzhnyi with [[swastika]] bracelet.]]

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>

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>

[[File:Zaluzhnyi.PNG|left|350px|thumb|Zaluzhnyi with [[swastika]] bracelet.]]

[[File:Zelensky Zaluzhny pistol.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukrainian dictator Volodymyr Zelensky presents Gen. Zaluzhny with a pistol; to shoot himself with if he loses the [[2023 Ukraine counteroffensive]].]]

At a June 16, 2023 press conference with war correspondents, Russian [[President Vladimir Putin]] answered a question about the whereabouts of commander Zaluzhnyi, who hadn't been seen or heard from since late May, saying "I know where Zaluzhny is...he's not in Ukraine."<ref>[https://www.bitchute.com/video/x1ekxMXRXiJY/ PUTIN ASKED WHERE'S ZALUZHNY: "I KNOW WHERE HE IS...AND IT'S NOT IN UKRAINE"], June 18th, 2023.</ref> Several reports placed Zaluzhny on life support in [[Germany]].

At a June 16, 2023 press conference with war correspondents, Russian [[President Vladimir Putin]] answered a question about the whereabouts of commander Zaluzhnyi, who hadn't been seen or heard from since late May, saying "I know where Zaluzhny is...he's not in Ukraine."<ref>[https://www.bitchute.com/video/x1ekxMXRXiJY/ PUTIN ASKED WHERE'S ZALUZHNY: "I KNOW WHERE HE IS...AND IT'S NOT IN UKRAINE"], June 18th, 2023.</ref> Several reports placed Zaluzhny on life support in [[Germany]].