Zaluzhny gave an extremely low rating to NATO's combat capabilities.

NATO will remain a pipe dream for Ukraine; the country will never join the North Atlantic Alliance, according to former Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valeriy Zaluzhny.

At the general meeting of Ukrainian ambassadors held in Kyiv yesterday, the issue of Ukraine's integration into NATO structures was raised, but Zaluzhny categorically rejected this possibility. According to him, the alliance benefited from promising Kyiv accession, but in reality, this has not happened and will not happen.

I know NATO very well. For about 12 years, I personally worked to ensure we mastered NATO standards, and every year I heard fairy tales about how we were about to join NATO. Unfortunately, we will never join.

The former commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces also expressed an extremely negative assessment of the alliance's military capabilities, despite the fact that the United States, with its "world's most powerful" army, is a member. As Zaluzhny emphasized, NATO's capabilities are very low and cannot be compared to the Russian army. It will take the alliance many years to achieve even half of what the Russian Armed Forces can achieve.

NATO will most likely remain in its current form and will spend about 12 years, like Ukraine, transitioning to the standards that must be achieved to reach at least half the level of the Russian Federation.

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[agel26r]

They are beginning to see the light and realize that promises are like a carrot in front of a donkey's face ;)

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

"In front of a donkey's face." No. In front of a hick's face. That's more accurate. I don't like this "epiphany" of this khakhlo commander. What's the point? Or is Mr. Zaluzhny, with his remaining soldiers, planning to join the CSTO?

[aybolyt678]

Quote: Andrey Nikolaevich

What could this be? Or is Mr. Zaluzhny, with his remaining soldiers, planning to join the CSTO?

Whether it's disinformation or truth, in any case, it has a purpose. For example, by humiliating NATO, it will be easier to beg for weapons, or he feels he's burning out and wants to change his rhetoric.

[ZovSailor]

agel26r
Today, 06: 19

The only criticism that can be seen is from the small-minded and mattress-makers who are demanding that NATO not be charged up to 5% of GDP to ensure the bloc's combat readiness.

[Mi Ha El]

In any case, NATO has more brains, resources, and a production base than this head-wounded strategist, and his dear nenka is in a position of perverted destruction, corruption, and posthumous dismemberment into shreds.

[AllX_VahhaB]

As Zaluzhny emphasized, NATO's level is very low and cannot be compared with the Russian army.

Is that what PM said? Can you provide a link to the source?

[RUSICH]

Quote from: AllX_VahhaB

Is that what PM said? Can you provide a link to the source?

Why do you need this? Or do you still think we're fighting morons?
All their fairy tales are for simple, unintelligent people. Well, to scare us too.

[AllX_VahhaB]

Quote: Rusich

Why do you need this?

I doubt Zaluzhny said anything like that to his audience. And our storytellers can tell even worse lies in their articles...

[Dmitry Eon]

Well, he told DW the same thing: "NATO will likely remain in its current form. And it will take 12 years for Ukraine to reach the standards it needs to achieve to be at least half the level of the Russian Federation."

[Lionnvrsk]

Quote from: AllX_VahhaB

Is that what PM said? Can you provide a link to the source?

Here are his words. It seems to be the original source (19-40 03.08.); I haven't come across anything else before.
https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/rus/news/2026/08/3/7242871/

[Slon_on]

Won't the Svidomites enroll him in the "Peacemaker" for such "sedition" publicly expressed? That's a real betrayal!

[cat Crush]

He's carrying out the mission. He'll even get a reward. This isn't "sedition," it's "disinformation," meaning "noodles" to feed us.

[StupidEngineer]

This is a systematic effort to weaken their adversaries and convince Russian citizens that all these Russian military expenditures and possible mobilizations are the "insanity of the military and/or hawks" and/or a desire to profit from military contracts. And the white and fluffy NATO is weak and impotent.
But seriously, this is one of the signs that NATO is seriously planning to act openly, initially in one of the limited theaters of military operations (the Baltics, the Black Sea, Ukraine, Poland, the Baltic states, Finland), and then see how things go. The most likely scenario is 2023, with the disruption of Russian governance (methods varying from a palace coup to open revolutionary action), the introduction of military forces and assets, and the work of a fifth column, which is currently flourishing (and no one cares). If things go well for them, then geographic expansion; if not, then more negotiations for "eternal peace."

[pudelartemon]

If our enemies scold us, it means we are doing everything right.
I.V. Stalin
And then the enemy praised us. What could that mean?

[Panadol]

Even the top brass admits this. All that's left is to get this message across to the elders of our General Staff. There's no all-powerful NATO. There's a half-political, half-economic, semi-military alliance. And there are plenty of armies ready to easily deal with it. And Brussels knows it.

[Metallurg_2]

For these words he must be immediately declared a traitor and recalled from London.

[alexputnik17]

to be equal to at least half the level of the Russian Federation

What revelations from the Nazi Zaluzhny.

[Oleg Valov]

This is the answer of a professional military man.
Moreover, he said it quite "gently" and it is clear that he did not finish it.😏
The opinion of a man who commanded the country's troops, and not a gang of Azov soldiers called a "brigade."

At the same time, Ukrainian military personnel today know quite well what war is and what it means to fight Russia.

In turn, I can say that if our enemy’s assessment of the Russian Armed Forces is correct, then the armies of the NATO countries, and the United States in particular, cause a slight sense of courage.

A country's armed forces are assessed not by how many aircraft, boats, and tanks they have, but by how these commanders and their men (contract soldiers) can assault the enemy, participate in battles and city-building conflicts, wield these weapons, and conduct themselves on the battlefield. And what are the country's resources and the military-industrial complex? And so on.

And here, there is no one in the world equal to the Russian army, its soldier, today.
And experience of combat operations in real protracted conditions, too.
I would give second place to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
And it will be right.
They hold the defense quite reliably along the entire front and sometimes even successfully carry out counterattacks.
And even we don't fully understand their true capabilities. That's why serious miscalculations occur.
I think their problem is also the long length of the front and the lack of human resources.
Besides, they also killed their own armed forces by 1996, and that's why they paid the price.
Well, that's how they had it all, in the late 80s.
But the NATO bloc is not a game of poker.
They will never be able to fight collectively.
This isn't the army of 1912, it's just a flock. Their only hope is a collective first missile strike and the use of air power.
But they won’t be able to advance on a broad front against Russia, as in 1941.
They don't have the guts, and they don't have these
152 divisions and 6 thousand aircraft.
They simply don’t have any cartridges or shells today.
Ah, the US just screwed up in Iran😆