Valerii Zaluzhnyi is pictured at a ceremony marking Ukraine's Independence Day in Kyiv in August 2023.
Mandatory Credit:	Sergei Chuzavkov/AFP/Getty Images

Valerii Zaluzhnyi is pictured at a ceremony marking Ukraine's Independence Day in Kyiv in August 2023.
Mandatory Credit: Sergei Chuzavkov/AFP/Getty Images

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