Valerii Zaluzhnyi

A Ukrainian sabotage group has been linked to the explosion of Russia's Nord Stream gas pipeline, using a tourist yacht to carry out the mission, according to an investigation by the Wall Street Journal.

General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and now Ukraine's ambassador to the UK, addressed the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London, urging free and democratic nations to be vigilant and prepared for potential conflict.

Reports from Politico suggest that Russia is gearing up for a significant offensive, possibly as early as August, according to high-ranking Ukrainian military personnel who served under General Valerii Zaluzhnyi.

As an unnamed official of the Russian security services told Sputnik, the commanders of the Ukrainian army are not satisfied with the changes in the military leadership, which is why they are allegedly seriously considering the possibility of overthrowing the Ukrainian president.

Amidst the ongoing war, Ukraine has made a bold diplomatic move by appointing its former commander-in-chief, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, as the new ambassador to the United Kingdom. The decision comes a month after Zaluzhnyi was removed from his role as the nation's top military commander, reported Al Jazeera.

According to the newspaper, although Zelensky promised his international partners that Ukraine would be able to fight if it received weapons and other forms of aid, the Ukrainian president and top military commanders have so far failed to come up with a clear plan to recruit thousands of critically needed new soldiers.

It is now common knowledge that the Ukrainian army is running out of artillery ammunition and anti-aircraft missiles, and that the aid will not arrive soon, because it is blocked in the Congress, because European politicians are too slow in solving this problem.

Day 731 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Day 716 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Ukraine's top commander Valery Zaluzhny was on Thursday removed from his post, in the biggest shake-up of Kiev's military leadership since Russia's invasion began almost two years ago.

The popular general had led the Ukrainian army since the start of the war, pushing back a vastly more powerful invading force in the first months of the conflict.