Ukraine’s Commander in Chief of Armed Forces knows a thing or two about strategy. However, Gen.Valery Zaluzhnyy may have made a strategic blunder.
His mistake was advancing into the political arena whilst commenting on what perhaps he thought was only a military matter. In an interview with The Economist, the general said the Ukraine/Russia war was at a stalemate. The point he was making was that without an urgent boost in state-of-the-art weapons from allies, “there will most likely be no deep and beautiful breakthrough”. However, his comments come at a time when Ukraine’s counter offensive is seen not to have succeeded, and international political support for the “as long as it takes” approach to arming and funding Ukraine is dwindling.
