But, But... @blackjack said that the Russian reinforcements already came and the tide of the battle is turning around.
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This kind of thing should wait until the end of the war. It can cause jealousy among his staff and it makes the general look like an attention-seeker.View attachment 48323
iT would be easy to underestimate Valeriy Zaluzhny. When not in uniform, the general prefers Tshirts and shorts that match his easygoing sense of humor. When he first heard from aides to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in late July 2021 that he was being tapped to lead the country’s armed forces, his stunned response was, “What do you mean?” As it sank in that he would become commander in chief, he tells TIME in his first interview since theRussian invasion began, he felt as if he had been punched “not just below the belt but straight into a knockout.” George Patton or Douglas MacArthurhe is not. Yet when the history of the war in Ukraine is written, Zaluzhny is likely to occupy a prominent role. He was part of the Ukrainian brass who spent years transforming the country’s military from a clunky Soviet model into a modern fighting force. Hardened by
years of battling Russia on the eastern
front, he was among a new generation
of Ukrainian leaders who learned to be flexible and delegate decisions to commanders on the ground. His dogged preparation in the run-up to the invasion and savvy battlefield tactics in the early phases of the war helped the nation fend of the Russian onslaught.
“Zaluzhny has emerged as the military
mind his country needed,” U.S. General Mark Milley wrote for TIME of his counterpart last May. “His leadership enabled the Ukrainian armed forces to adapt quickly with battlefield initiative against the Russians.”