In May 2023 90 seconds after receiving a call from [[Zelensky]]'s office confirming his location , Zaluzhnyi sustained shrapnel injuries to the head from a strike on the command center. 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 90 seconds after receiving a call from [[Zelensky]]'s office confirming his location , Zaluzhnyi sustained shrapnel injuries to the head from a strike on the command center. 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. |