
Former commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, in a column for Channel 24, described modern war as a “semi-marketing process”, where instead of assessing military strength, the parties try to conclude political agreements.
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Valery Zaluzhny previously served as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The article was published as part of his author's column.
Former commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Valery Zaluzhny called modern war a “semi-marketing process.” He wrote about this in his column for the Ukrainian Channel 24.
“This soldier, oddly enough, is no longer a hostage to someone’s political ambitions, but only a participant in a huge semi-marketing process, where they do not measure strength and the ability to win, but try to conclude some kind of agreement,” the former commander-in-chief wrote.

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