President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhnyi as Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
“To appoint Valeriy Zaluzhnyi as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,” reads the text of Decree No. 316/2024 of May 9, published on the President’s website.
As reported, on February 8, Zelensky signed decrees dismissing Valeriy Zaluzhny from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and appointing Oleksandr Syrsky to this position.
On March 7, it became known that Zelenskyy had approved Zaluzhnyi’s candidacy for the post of Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reported. The Foreign Ministry sent the British side a request for an agrimand.
On May 9, Zelensky signed a decree dismissing Zaluzhny from military service.
