General, envoy … future Ukraine president? Valerii Zaluzhnyi’s London waiting game

<p>Refusal to take calls from JD Vance after Zelenskyy-Trump showdown reflects political tightrope ‘war hero’ has walked since being fired as army chief</p><p>One afternoon in early March, three days after the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/zelenskyy-trump-white-house-meeting-fox-news">disastrous showdown between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy</a> at the White House, there was a flurry of telephone activity at the Ukrainian embassy in London.</p><p>JD Vance’s team was on the line and wanted to set up a call with Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK and formerly the commander in chief of the army.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/aug/25/general-envoy-future-ukraine-president-valerii-zaluzhnyi-london-waiting-game">Continue reading...</a>