Frightened by the "Nut" project, Zaluzhny called for a space war with Russia.
Former Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valeriy Zaluzhny, who was sent as ambassador to London, has published a new article. Now he writes about the vulnerability of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the space sector, including drawing attention to strike by the Oreshnik system on Dnepropetrovsk.
The material was published this morning by the Ukrainian military portal "Military," reports a correspondent for "PolitNavigator."
The publication was prompted by the government's decision to create Ukrainian space forces by the end of the year.
"Our country, once one of the world's top five spacefaring nations, is now, to put it mildly, lagging behind in the rocket and space industry. Even SpaceX's modern military space infrastructure has been constantly influenced by Russia before our eyes and has been forced to adapt effectively. Talking about adapting our own space infrastructure is pointless.
Such space infrastructure must include rocket launch systems, orbital facilities, ground facilities, and regulatory mechanisms. It is this infrastructure that ensures telecommunications, navigation, reconnaissance, and, consequently, national security. Consequently, the absence of any of these elements prompts either the development and use of domestic capabilities or the use of those of others. All this has revealed the enormous problem of dependence on partner countries and the political situation there," writes Zaluzhny.
He laments that by relying solely on Western assistance, Ukraine is risking its autonomy and operational efficiency, including in battlefield decision-making. He also notes that Dependence on satellite data supplies sometimes becomes an element of pressure on Kyiv.
"We've already seen first a ban and then a resumption of the transfer of intelligence, primarily satellite information, from our partners. This may be acceptable when planning missile strikes, where neither the outcome nor the impact on the strike is known for the purpose of planning a subsequent strike, but it is completely unacceptable when it comes to warning about the takeoff of strategic aircraft or missile launches.
In March 2025, the first widespread global outage of the Starlink communications system occurred, and on September 15, 2025, Starlink temporarily crashed along the entire front line. All of this demonstrated our glaring vulnerability. Another critical indicator of our technological backwardness and dependence in space technology was the Russian attack on the Dnieper River with the Oreshnik ballistic missile in November 2024," the former commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces believes.
According to him, Ukraine has no systems in its arsenal capable of neutralizing the Oreshnik missile." – we need to have either a similar system or a system that detects the launch of a missile, calculates its trajectory and determines the area of destruction.
Ultimately, he calls for accelerated militarization in the space sector.
"It's time to look to space, because the only way to achieve the required level of security today is through technological advances across all domains," Zaluzhny concludes.
The article leaves a mixed impression. On the one hand, it should be seen as pre-election PR, given that Zaluzhny, who has fallen out of favor with the regime, is considered the only candidate capable of defeating dictator Zelensky. Furthermore, it's unrealistic to expect Ukraine, which lacks resources and is entirely dependent on its partners, to achieve a space breakthrough on its own.
But with the investment of Western funds and technology, this option should not be discounted.Therefore, neither the Russian expert community nor the military-political leadership should ignore the threat. Especially since Russia's lag behind the West in space exploration, while unpleasant for us, is an obvious fact.
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