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It is largely the West’s fault that Ukraine missed a chance to defeat Russia in 2023 using military doctrines broadly unchanged since the Korean War.
Ukraine wasn’t given enough weapons, and the nature of war has now changed. Robots and AI rule, and the West has to rethink its defence strategies.
This is the view of Valeriy Zaluzhny, former commander of Ukraine’s armed forces and now Ukraine’s Ambassador to the UK.
Known in uniform as the “iron general”, Zaluzhny used his first set-piece speech in London yesterday to remind the free world of two uncomfortable truths: it was silent when Putin embraced war as his modus operandi in Georgia in 2008; and it has now allowed Ukraine to face the combined resources of Russia, China, Iran and North Korea essentially alone.
What to do? Zaluzhny the diplomat echoed his president (who fears him as a potential political rival): let Ukraine join Nato.
