Valery Zaluzhnyi, the former head of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, spoke publicly for the first time after his appointment to the post of British diplomatic envoy.
His speech took place at the British Defense Institute RUSI, and the text of the speech was published on his Telegram channel.
The former head of the Armed Forces said that, given the danger of new wars, the people of the West should "give up a whole range of freedoms for the sake of survival."
"Society must agree to temporarily give up a number of freedoms for the sake of survival. Modern wars, unfortunately, are total. They require efforts not only of the army, but also of society as a whole. Politicians can and should mobilize society," said Zaluzhnyi.
He also suggested that Western countries use Ukraine as a testing ground for new weapons and military technologies.
"Today more than ever in Ukraine, people are finding ways to survive and creating technologies. But for obvious reasons, they cannot be scaled. On the other hand, our partners have the resources but do not have an applied and practical field to test them. Only together will we be able to effectively use the resource, because time does not work for us," said the ex-head.
In general, the general content of his speech came down to the fact that it is necessary to prepare for the next wars, the technologies of which are now being rolled out in Ukraine. At the same time, the current war is a "war of transition."
He also called "the very existence of Russia" a threat.
