ISTANBUL: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday appointed Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the country’s former commander-in-chief, as Kyiv’s ambassador to the UK.
Zaluzhnyi’s appointment, which was announced in a decree issued by the Ukrainian president, comes a day after Zelenskyy removed him from military service ‘on health grounds with the right to wear a military uniform.’
In March, Zelenskyy named Zaluzhnyi as Kyiv’s ambassador to the UK, saying in an address that the former commander-in-chief told him that ‘this is the direction he would like to take – diplomacy.’
Zaluzhnyi was dismissed as commander-in-chief on Feb. 9 after Zelenskyy declared the need for a ‘reset’ in the country’s leadership. He took over the post in July 2021, before Russia’s “special military operation” in Feb. 2022.
Source: Anadolu Agency