Ukraine’s future depends on anticipating battlefield trends, says Ambassador Zaluzhnyi
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Fri, 11 Jul 2025 15:30:00 +0300

He wrote about this in his column on the Ukrainian Pravda website.Zaluzhnyi believes Ukraine must adopt a new systemic policy — formulating requests to partners not only based on current or recent needs but also anticipating trends on the battlefield.This approach will enable more effective use of time and yield better results in the future."One option is launching an expert-driven campaign aimed at United States government officials, legislators, political elites, analysts, and the broader public. The goal: shape narratives that will eventually be reflected in policy," Zaluzhnyi noted.In his opinion, one of the main tasks for Ukraine is to convince the United States that it is the lack of support from Kyiv that poses a serious threat to their role as a guarantor of global security."A key argument will be proving that not supporting Ukraine is the primary geopolitical risk to United States global leadership. The aim is to show that Ukraine’s victory is essential to global security and to sustaining the United States's leading role. This can minimize political fluctuations and ensure stable, long-term defence cooperation," the ambassador added.It is no less important, as Zaluzhnyi emphasizes, to convince the U.S., first of all, to take into account the rapid development of weapons of war and the technologies for their application."Scientific and technological breakthroughs have changed war’s nature - but this remains poorly understood in the United States. Failure to adapt risks American leadership," the ambassador explained.That is why, in his opinion, "the United States must not only support Ukraine militarily but also modernize its own arsenal in partnership with Ukraine.""Joint R&D efforts should be based on Ukraine’s battlefield experience," he added.The ambassador noted that a number of balanced steps need to be taken to implement this."A practical step would be creating a joint scientific or analytical centre where Ukrainian experts and United States institutions assess events independently. This would remove emotional or political bias and foster evidence-based decision-making," Zaluzhnyi noted.He noted that "Western decision-making, though politically volatile, is institutionally stable and responsive to formal requests.""Even if not politically convenient, such requests require replies. This builds institutional memory and cross-agency processes that influence future policy," Zaluzhnyi summed up.Ukraine's former top general and current UK ambassador Valeriy Zaluzhnyi criticized Biden’s indecision and urged consideration of Trump’s policies.
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