Ukraine ’s Ambassador to the UK and former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Valerii Zaluzhnyi , offered a sobering assessment of the war ’s trajectory, warning against hopes that peace or a return to pre-war borders could be achieved through diplomatic miracles. Speaking at the “Export of Security: Ukrainian Weapons in the World” forum in Kyiv, Zaluzhnyi cautioned that as long as Russia retains the means to strike Ukraine , such hopes are unfounded. " I hope that in this hall there are