Valery Zaluzhnyi was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces even before the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation.

An Excellent student and doctor of philosophy
In 1997, Valery Zaluzhnyi graduated from the combined military department of the Odesa Higher Command College with honors.

In 2007, he obtained a second higher education at the National Defense Academy . He received a gold medal for studying the combat use of mechanized and tank units.

In 2014, Zaluzhny graduated from the National Defense University of Ukraine named after Ivan Chernyakhovsky, also with distinction.

He was awarded the transitional sword of the Queen of Great Britain - as the best graduate of the operational-strategic level.

In 2020, Zaluzhny received a civilian master's degree in international relations from the Ostroh Academy .

During the war, Valery Zaluzhny defended his doctoral thesis at the "Odessa Law Academy" and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

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