The decree regarding the resignation of Valeriy Zaluzhny from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) was published on the website of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.
“Remove Valery Fedorovich Zaluzhny from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the document states.
The decree is dated February 8.
Before that, Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Alexey Goncharenko Zaluzhny was fired From his post as commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In response, Zelenskyy statedAs of February 8, a new management team will take over the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He also reported that Colonel General Alexander Syrsky was appointed as the new commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Previously American edition of The Washington Post Wrotein particular, ordinary Ukrainian soldiers did not like Syrsky.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has also changed commented The head of Zelensky’s office is Mikhail Podolyak. He emphasized that the decision stemmed from the need to reconsider tactics that “did not provide exactly the desired result last year.”
Former journalists named The reason for Zaluzhny’s resignation.