Ukraine's ambassador has chillingly warned "World War Three has already begun" - and admitted only the West can save itself by backing Kyiv. That is the warning from Valeriy Zaluzhny, 51, who commanded Ukrainian troops when they halted Vladimir Putin ’s army as it intended to storm Kyiv in three days. He is now Ukraine ’s ambassador to London. “I believe that in 2024 we can absolutely definitely consider that the Third World War has begun,” he said in a speech to a Ukrainian Pravda awards