Kolotnytska is the Ukrainian nurse that U.S. Ambassador Gene Cretz dubbed the “voluptuous blonde” dictator Moammar Gaddafi depended on for his health

I know there are issues of breathtaking import unfolding in Libya, but spare a few moments to bid adieu to Galyna Kolotnytska.

Kolotnytska is the Ukrainian nurse that U.S. Ambassador Gene Cretz dubbed the “voluptuous blonde” dictator Moammar Gaddafi depended on for his health, well-being ( and, probably, drug-stabilization programme) for most of the past decade.

Kolotnytska gained a certain notoriety when her role in Gaddafi’s weird world was revealed in one of the U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks last November.

Here’s what the September 2009 report from Ambassador Cretz had to say:

“Qadhafi (sic) relies heavily on his long-time Ukrainian nurse, Galyna Kolotnytska, who has been described as a ”voluptuous blonde.” Of the rumored staff of four Ukrainian nurses that cater to the Leader’s health and well-being, XXXXXXXXXXX emphasized to multiple Emboffs that Qadhafi (sic) cannot travel without Kolotnytska, as she alone “knows his routine.” When Kolotnytska’s late visa application resulted in her Security Advisory Opinion being received on the day Qadhafi’s (sic) party planned to travel to the U.S., the Libyan Government sent a private jet to ferry her from Libya to Portugal to meet up with the Leader during his rest-stop. Some embassy contacts have claimed that Qadhafi (sic) and the 38 year-old Kolotnytska have a romantic relationship. While he did not comment on such rumors, a Ukrainian political officer recently confirmed that the Ukrainian nurses “travel everywhere with the Leader.”

Well, Gaddafi is on his own now.