Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom and former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhnyi said that the issue of his participation in the elections will become relevant only under appropriate conditions.
He said this while speaking online at the NV event “Ukraine Changing the World. Dialogues about opportunities”.
“Let’s first create the conditions under which such a question will be absolutely appropriate,” Zaluzhny said. ”I believe that when these conditions come, then I, as a person who is in the civil service and works directly for the state, will be ready to answer such a question.
According to him, “for now, we have only one task: to survive and preserve our state.”
According to a Socis poll in December 2024, 36.1% of Ukrainians are ready to support Zaluzhnyi in the presidential election. The current head of state, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, gained 24.3% in this rating, while former president Petro Poroshenko received less than 10%.