Zelenskyy convenes another meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief: Ukrainian flags fly again over previously occupied territories

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – SUNDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER 2022, 18:52

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy convened another meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief [the highest command and control body of the Ukrainian military, as well as law enforcement services and agencies that are part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, formed by presidential decree on 24 February 2022 in response to the Russian invasion - ed.]. This is the third such meeting this week.

Source: website of the President of Ukraine

Quote from Zelenskyy following the meeting: "War knows no weekends. We are in constant contact with those on the frontline.

I will not tell you the details, but Ukrainian flags are returning to the places where they should be by right. And there is no place for the occupiers on our land."

Details: The meeting was attended by Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council; Oleksii Reznikov, Minister of Defence, and Rostyslav Zamlynskyi, Deputy Minister of Defence; Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; Serhii Shaptala, Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces; Yurii Lebid, Commander of the National Guard; Denys Monastyrskyi, Minister of Internal Affairs; Oleksandr Kubrakov, Minister of Infrastructure; and Roman Mashovets, Deputy Head of the Office of the President.

Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate; Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; Andrii Kovalchuk, Commander of the Forces of the Operational Command Pivden (South); and Serhii Litvinov, Commander of the Forces of the Operational Command Zakhid (West), joined the meeting remotely.

The Office of the President said that the Commander-in-Chief, the commanders of the different operational areas, and the head of intelligence reported on the situation on the frontline.

Previously: President Zelenskyy convened two meetings of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief earlier this week, on 31 August and 2 September.