Zelenskyy admits new commander-in-chief into Ukraine's highest command and control bodies

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has admitted Oleksandr Syrskyi to the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and National Security and Defence Council Headquarters.

Source: decrees on the website of the President’s Office

Details: Zelenskyy removed Valerii Zaluzhnyi from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief’s Staff and introduced Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi in his place. Syrskyi has joined the National Security and Defence Council, while Valerii Zaluzhnyi and former veterans minister Yuliia Laputina have been dismissed.

Background: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

More on this story: An army without Zaluzhnyi: Who is General Syrskyi, Ukraine's new Commander-in-Chief?

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