"Our victory will be an opportunity to take a breath and prepare for the next war," — Zaluzhnyi in an interview for TIME

During the interview, the Commander-in-Chief recalled that he was among those Ukrainian officers who considered a full-scale Russian invasion a matter of time.

Zaluzhnyi was also disappointed when other Ukrainian military commanders did not take the Russian exercise, which took place in early February 2022 and simulated a full-scale attack, seriously enough.

"I explained to them that if they can’t pull this off, the consequences will not only cost us our lives but also our country," recalls the Commander-in-Chief.

TIME magazine dedicated the cover of its new issue to the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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