[[File:Zaluzhnyi.PNG|right|350px|thumb|Zaluzhnyi with [[swastika]] bracelet.]]
[[File:Zaluzhnyi.PNG|right|350px|thumb|Zaluzhnyi with [[swastika]] bracelet.]]
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As of February 2022, '''Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi''' was the [[commander-in-chief]] of the Armed Forces Ukraine and considered a die-hard [[Banderite]].<ref>https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/01/russias-difficult-ukraine-end-game-choices-and-the-issue-of-imposing-terms.html</ref> 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>
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As of February 2022, '''Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi''' was the [[commander-in-chief]] of the Armed Forces Ukraine and considered a die-hard [[Banderite]].<ref>https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/01/russias-difficult-ukraine-end-game-choices-and-the-issue-of-imposing-terms.html</ref>
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Under Zaluzhnyi's command the [[Armed Forces of 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>
==Assassination attempt and 2023 counteroffensive==
==Assassination attempt and 2023 counteroffensive==