Former commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Zaluzhnyi spoke publicly for the first time after his appointment as ambassador to Britain

Former commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Zaluzhnyi spoke publicly for the first time after his appointment as ambassador to Britain

The performance took place at the British Defence Institute RUSI. Zaluzhnyi posted his text on his Telegram channel.

The former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that in view of the danger of new wars, Westerners must “give up a number of freedoms for the sake of survival.”

“Society must agree to temporarily give up a number of freedoms for the sake of survival. Modern wars, unfortunately, are total. They require the efforts of not only the army, but also society as a whole. Politicians can and should mobilize society,” Zaluzhnyi said.

He also suggested that Western countries use Ukraine as a testing ground for new weapons and military technologies.

“Today, more than ever, in Ukraine they are finding ways to survive and creating technologies. But for obvious reasons, they cannot scale them up. On the other hand, our partners have resources, but there is no applied and practical field to test them. Only together we can effectively use resource, because time is not on our side,” said the former commander-in-chief.

In general, the general meaning of his speech boiled down to the fact that we need to prepare for the next wars, the technologies of which are now being tested in Ukraine. Moreover, the current war is a “war of transition.”

He also called “Russia’s very existence” a threat.