Zaluzhny celebrates the 50th anniversary: ​​the most interesting facts about the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces (photo, video)

Under the command of the Zaluzhny, Ukrainian troops were able to destroy the myth of the invincibility of the Russian army, having succeeded on the battlefield. For the article of the Financial Times, the officer of the National Guard of Ukraine Vitaliy Markov said that Zaluzhny knows the enemy very well. He quickly adapts to changing circumstances on the battlefield "great when you know the enemy, how he works, and with the help of foreign partners you can impress him in his weaknesses.

So the commander -in -chief of Zaluzhny works," Markov said. In addition, the former Minister of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Zagorodniuk told reporters that the success of Zaluzhny is that he can correctly delegate powers, encourage the initiative of the lower ranks and receive feedback needed to respond correctly to all opportunities. Its style of command gives others the opportunity to realize their talents. "People know the situation much better than in Kiev," the former minister said.

However, not only Ukrainians praise Valery Zaluzhny for his professionalism. He was highly appreciated by the Iron General and the Chairman of the Joint Committee of US Headquarters Mark Millie. According to him, the Ukrainian Commander -in -Chief can quickly respond to the movements and failures of the Army of Russia. As an example, he cited the defense of Kiev in the early days of the war, when Russian troops excessively stretched their supply lines and thickened.

Then the defense forces were able to break them from the flanks. Valery Zaluzhny has never served in the Army of the Soviet Union and did not study in its educational institutions. Back in 2020, when Zaluzhny was commander of the North OK, he told in an interview with the Armyinform, which he wanted to move away from the standards of the USSR Army. "We want to move away from the cards, from writing the battle orders of the sample, say, in 1943.

From these meaningless reports near the cards," Zaluzhny said. The general is also positive about the fact that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are filled with new personnel. "These are completely different people. Not like we, when we were lieutenants. These are new sprouts that will change the army in five years. Almost everyone knows a foreign language well, they work well with gadgets read," he said.

Already in 2023, in an interview with Ukrainian journalist Dmitry Komarov, the commander-in-chief of Zaluzhny said that in 2021 he was preparing for a full-scale invasion of Russia. The general and his subordinates understood that there would be an offensive in almost all directions. "Probably by the end of February, we have exhausted the possibilities of our imagination that could be done.

Here we did something, then checked how effective it was, the conclusion was that the solution was not effective - it was chang , again the negative result. And so they came to what is, " - said Zaluzhny. In addition, the General noted that the war for him began in 2014. Despite the fact that it was called initially an anti -terrorist operation and then an operation of the United Forces, it was a war on which people were killed and Ukraine lost its territories.

"It was these 8 years of war that they have harden us and taught us to fight, which, respectively, the Russians did not expect us. But it was a school. In fact, we were preparing both morally and physically all 8 years," Valery Fedorovich Zaluzhny said 8 July 1973 in the city of Novograd-Volyn Zhytomyr region. In 1997 he graduated from the Odessa Land Forces with honors.

After that he passed all the steps of military service: platoon commander, commander of a platoon, commander of a platoon, commander cadets, battalion commander. In 2007 he graduated from the National Academy of Defense of Ukraine with a gold medal, and in 2014-Ivan Chernyakhovsky National University of Defense of Ukraine. As the best graduate of operational strategic level of training, awarded the transitional sword of the Queen of Great Britain.

He entered the post of commander -in -chief of the Armed Forces on July 27, 2021. The Zaluzhny married and has two daughters. He was awarded the Cross of Military merit, the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky III degree, the Order of St. General's Great Martyr Yuri Winner and other state awards. In January 2023, Valery Zaluzhny inherited from a US citizen of Ukrainian descent Gregor Stepanets $ 1 million.

Stepanets was not a relative of Zaluzhny, and the inheritance became symbolic and quite unexpected for the head itself. The general directed all the money in full for the special account of the National Bank of Ukraine to raise funds for the needs of the army. "I gave my entire life to the Armed Forces. And I had no doubt that I had to do with the inheritance. The last will of Gregory, obviously, was to support the Ukrainian army in my person," Zaluzhny commented on his act.