Volodymyr got his scalp.
[Regnum] The head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, dismissed Valery Zaluzhny from the post of commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and appointed Alexander Syrsky in his place. Zelensky announced this during his evening address to citizens.
Earlier on February 8, the head of the regime and Zaluzhny held a meeting at which, as they both later put it on social networks, they discussed “updating the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.” At the same time, Zelensky said that he invited Zaluzhny to “stay on the team.”
Information about the possible resignation of the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine appeared on January 29. According to people's deputy Alexei Goncharenko (included in the list of terrorists and extremists in the Russian Federation), Valery Zaluzhny had already been announced about his resignation, but the decree itself was not yet ready.
Later, Zelensky, in an interview with the Italian TV channel Rai1, stated that he considers it necessary to carry out personnel renewal of the military leadership of Ukraine and the entire administrative apparatus of the country. The head of the Kyiv regime emphasized that Ukraine needs to “move in a single direction” and not allow decadent sentiments to prevail.
Experts noted that Zelensky has long wanted to fire the commander-in-chief and blame him for the failure of the counteroffensive, in which, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost tens of thousands of military personnel and hundreds of pieces of equipment.
As successors to the post of Zaluzhny, experts and insiders named the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov (included in the list of persons involved in extremism and terrorism) and the commander of the ground forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), Alexander Syrsky.
Alexander Syrsky began commanding the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in August 2019. He was awarded the title Hero of Ukraine for his actions in Kyiv after the start of a special military operation. He received his military education at the Moscow Higher Combined Arms Command School.
In September 2022, he commanded the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkov region, and already on January 11, 2024, Syrsky recognized the situation in the Artyomovsk, Kupyansk and Krasnolimansk directions as difficult for the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As Mash writes, for the army’s unsuccessful attacks on the positions of the Russian Armed Forces, which ended in heavy losses for the Ukrainians, he was nicknamed “General 200.”
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The United States of America will continue to provide Ukraine with full support, despite the resignation of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said at a briefing for journalists on February 8.
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The resignation of Valery Zaluzhny became known on the evening of February 8. The head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, speaking to citizens, announced the appointment of the commander of the ground forces, Alexander Syrsky, to this position. According to Zelensky, the reason for Zaluzhny’s dismissal lies in the failures of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the failed summer counter-offensive and the resulting feeling of stagnation.
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The head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, against the backdrop of a shortage of personnel and mobilization in Ukraine, demanded from the new Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Alexander Syrsky, a new approach to the issues of mobilization and rotation of personnel, according to a statement published on the official website of the Ukrainian politician.
“Now the Ukrainian defense forces are almost a million people who were called up to protect our state. As of today, most of them have not felt the front, since a minority is fighting on the front line. This means a different approach is needed, particularly with rotations. A different approach to front management. A different approach to mobilization and recruiting,” Zelensky said.
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As Regnum reported, on February 8, Zelensky, during an address to the nation, said that he had decided to dismiss the former commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, appointing in his place the commander of the ground forces of the Ukrainian army, Alexander Syrsky. According to Zelensky, the reason for Zaluzhny’s dismissal lies in the failures of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the disastrous summer counteroffensive and the resulting feeling of stagnation.