--- description: Find out why Valeriy Zaluzhnyy is one of the 100 most influential people of 2022. title: Valeriy Zaluzhnyy: The 100 Most Influential People of 2022 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd1ac1ded90ed411/698a31ff929fadb05ebf89c1/valeriy-zaluzhny-time100-2022.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- May 23, 2022 # Valeriy Zaluzhnyy by Mark A. Milley  2J5T69G Kyiv, Ukraine - Apr 24, 2022, Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine Armed Forces VALERIY ZALUZHNYI, left, attends a face-to-face meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Blinken, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin, hosted by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. (Credit Image: © Ukraine President's Office/ZUMA Press Wire Service) 2J5T69G Kyiv, Ukraine - Apr 24, 2022, Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine Armed Forces VALERIY ZALUZHNYI, left, attends a face-to-face meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Blinken, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin, hosted by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. (Credit Image: © Ukraine President's Office/ZUMA Press Wire Service)Ukraine President's Office/ZUMA Press Wire Service/Alamy From the ashes of World War II, the global community came together with the goal of preventing another global war. A set of international rules and norms was established to benefit all nations and maintain the peace. For 77 years, there has not been a comparable global conflict. But Russia’s unprovoked, immoral, and unethical [invasion of Ukraine](https://time.com/6150858/russia-ukraine-invasion-photos/ "undefined") has put those rules under intense stress. In the midst of this chaos, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhnyy has emerged as the military mind his country needed. His leadership enabled the [Ukrainian armed forces](https://time.com/6162797/ukraine-win-war-against-russia/ "undefined") to adapt quickly with battlefield initiative against the Russians. The potential of a war between great powers is growing, and the Ukrainians defending their homeland against significant Russian aggression is incredible. General Zaluzhnyy is the man behind that effort, bearing the immense burden of leading in combat. His work will be remembered by history. _Milley is the U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2022/6177692/valeriy-zaluzhnyy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2022/6177692/valeriy-zaluzhnyy/"},"headline":"Valeriy Zaluzhnyy","datePublished":"2022-05-23T10:06:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:22:11.105Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2022/6177692/valeriy-zaluzhnyy/","keywords":["TIME 100","franchise","TIME100 2022"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd1ac1ded90ed411/698a31ff929fadb05ebf89c1/valeriy-zaluzhny-time100-2022.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd1ac1ded90ed411/698a31ff929fadb05ebf89c1/valeriy-zaluzhny-time100-2022.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2022/6177692/valeriy-zaluzhnyy/","name":"Valeriy Zaluzhnyy"}}]}] ```