Former commander-in-chief Zaluzhnyi to become Ukraine’s ambassador to UK

Popular national figure given new role after being dismissed by Volodymyr Zelenskiy a month ago

Ukraine's former commander in chief, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, is to become the country's next ambassador to the UK, a month after he was fired by the president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, from his job leading the military.

The decision makes good on Zelenskiy's promise to keep the popular former general as part of the team" but it also removes him from Ukraine, where he is seen as the only realistic challenger to the president if there were to be an election.