Zelenskyy convenes Staff meeting to discuss Bakhmut, Russia's plans and new appointments of new 'heads' in oblast military administrations

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief to discuss the situation at the front and appointments to vacant positions of heads of several Oblasts.

Source: President's website

Details: The meeting took place on 6 February. The Armed Forces command and commanders of troops of operational directions reported on the current situation at the front. Special attention was paid to the positions of Ukraine's defence forces on the Bakhmut front and their provision with necessary munitions. 

The president also heard information from the intelligence on possible actions of the Russians in the near future.

In addition, the participants of the meeting considered candidates for appointment as heads of Kyiv, Kherson, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblast military administrations.

The meeting was attended by Andrii Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine; Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council; Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, and commanders of troops and operational directions. Members of the government, heads of security and law enforcement agencies were present as well.

Background: On 24 January, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed decrees dismissing Oleksii Kuleba as head of Kyiv Oblast Military Administration; Yaroslav Yanushevych as head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration; Dmytro Zhyvytskyi as head of Sumy Oblast Military Administration; Oleksandr Starukh as head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, and Valentyn Reznichenko, as head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration.

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