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A year after Russia's invasion, the Ukrainian military is still capable and effective due to its President and also its commander-in-chief, Valerii Zaluzhnyi.Summary
This article by Sophia Ankel, writing for Business Insider, makes the following points:
- Zaluzhnyi has been forcing the modernization of Ukraine's military since 2014 (when Putin seized Crimea).
- He has spent the past few years preparing Ukraine's army for the invasion, which he predicted several years ago.
- Zaluzhnyi was appointed commander-in-chief in July 2021.
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References from the Web:
- SEP 2022 Inside the Ukrainian Counterstrike That Turned the Tide of the War—Time
- JAN 2023 Ukraine's 'iron general' inherited $1 million from a US software developer and donated it straight to the military—Business Insider