correction An earlier version of this article included a photograph and headline visible in web searches stating incorrectly that Ukraine’s military intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, would become Ukraine's new commander in chief. The new top general is Oleksandr Syrsky, former commander of Ukraine's ground forces. Zelensky told Zaluzhny 10 days ago that he was being dismissed, but the president’s office initially denied that the commander in chief had been fired. AdvertisementAs ground forces commander, Syrsky, 58, was credited with leading the defense of Kyiv in the first month of the war and then orchestrating a successful counteroffensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region in fall 2022. Advertisement“President Zelensky is the commander in chief of his armed forces,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Thursday.

Source: Washington Post February 09, 2024 13:52 UTC