Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that he was dismissing Oleksandr Syrsky, commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s army, and appointing joint forces commander Mykhailo Drapaty in his place.
“I have decided that the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be Mykhailo Drapaty… I am grateful to Oleksandr Syrsky and to each of our warriors for Ukraine’s strong front-line positions,” Zelensky said in a post on Telegram.
In his evening address, Zelenskiy also said that he had offered former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov – whose surprise dismissal sparked a political crisis – a “decent post” to oversee the technological component of the state.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP and Reuters)
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