(FILES) Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhnyi looks on as he speaks during a press conference in Kyiv on December 26, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on May 9, 2024 officially appointed former commander-in-chief of the armed forces Valery Zaluzhny, as ambassador to the United Kingdom. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)