Former Commander-in-Chief and former General Staff Chief were released from military duty together, sources say

General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and Lieutenant General Serhii Shaptala, former Chief of the General Staff, have been released from military duty for health reasons.

Source: Ukrainska Pravda source in the Ministry of Defence

Details: Independent sources within the Defence Ministry say that Zaluzhnyi and Shaptala have been discharged based on the conclusion of a military medical board declaring them unfit for military service and have been removed from the military register. 

Ukrainska Pravda has requested an official comment from the ministry.

Background: 

• On 7 March, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy approved the appointment of Zaluzhnyi as Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom.
• Later, media reported that Zaluzhnyi underwent a military medical examination in the winter, before his appointment as ambassador to the United Kingdom, where he was found to be unfit for military service.

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