Ukraine’s top soldier runs a different kind of army from Russia’s
Valery Zaluzhny wants to encourage initiative and devolve authority
The office of Valery Zaluzhny, the head of Ukraine’s armed forces, has few personal touches bar a framed photograph on his desk, of a soldier in uniform. “When I am at ease, when things are going well, this picture is lying face down, I don’t need to look at it. When I have doubts about something I put it up straight,” he explains.
This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “Restraint under fire”
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