Zaluzhny does not mince words.
We have been reporting here on TGP about how Kiev Regime leader Volodymyr Zelensky has just dismissed the ambassador to the US, who is under suspicion of wrongdoing, as you can read in Zelensky Dismisses Ambassador to the U.S. Olga Stefanishyna, Investigated by the Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Agencies.
It has also been reported that Zelensky has dismissed at least seven more ambassadors as he proceeds with his government reshuffle.
But there’s one diplomat that Zelensky apparently will not mess with: the ambassador to the United Kingdom, General Valery Zaluzhny.
The former Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian armed forces is a very popular figure in Ukraine, is no friend to Zelensky, and has openly admitted that he will run for president whenever an election takes place.
Yesterday (4), a report arose that sees Zaluzhny weighing into the most sensitive matters of foreign policy, which can be understood as the General starting to delineate his governing platform.
“Twelve years of fairy tales”: former commander-in-chief Zaluzhnyi says Ukraine will never join NATOhttps://t.co/yDetuMzjnB
— Ukrainska Pravda in English (@pravda_eng) August 3, 2026
Politico reported:
“NATO’s reliance on the ‘doctrines of World War II’ and its slow adaptation to new forms of warfare make it unlikely Ukraine will ever join the alliance, said Kyiv’s Ambassador to the U.K. and former Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
‘For 12 years, I must have personally been working to ensure that we mastered NATO standards, and every year I listened to tales that we were about to join NATO. Unfortunately, we will never join it’, Zaluzhnyi privately told Ukrainian ambassadors in Kyiv on Monday, according to Ukrainian media.”
Was Putin right?
Former Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhny made striking statements:
– Ukraine will never join NATO.
– NATO will stay as it is and will need around 12 years – just like Ukraine – to adopt standards to even reach half the level of the Russian Federation.… pic.twitter.com/sm7w2HZSWZ
— Diana Panchenko
(@Panchenko_X) August 3, 2026
“Zaluzhnyi’s unusual rebuke underscores a growing change in the alliance’s relationship with Ukraine. The country has shifted from relying on European military support in the early years of the war to becoming one the continent’s most powerful and technologically advanced militaries — far ahead of Western forces in the mass production of drones, missiles and other key systems.”
Instead of eternally begging to be accepted in NATO, Zaluzhny appears to have opted for a solution that presents the loss as a gain, which is a clever electoral move.
“‘Most likely, NATO will remain in the same form as it is, and will spend 12 years, like Ukraine, transitioning to the standards that need to be achieved in order to be at least half the level of the Russian Federation’, said the retired general.”
Nato a decade behind Russia on battlefield, warns Kyiv’s ambassador to UK https://t.co/1HckNxBxtN
— The Times and Sunday Times (@thetimes) August 4, 2026
Read more:
Former Ukrainian Army Chief Valery Zaluzhny Decides To Run in Presidential Election Against Zelensky
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