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President Zelensky dismissed General Valerii Zaluzhny as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and appointed General Oleksandr Syrsky as his replacement.

Kyiv, Kyiv
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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President Zelensky dismissed General Valerii Zaluzhny as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and appointed General Oleksandr Syrsky as his replacement.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Starting today, a new management team takes over the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

I have appointed Colonel General Syrskyi as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Davyd Arakhamiia stated that the provision for blocking personal accounts of citizens in draft law No. 10449 is definitely unacceptable.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Zelensky appointed Oleksandr Syrskyi as the new chief commander on Feb. 8, following months of speculation about a rift in Ukraine's leadership

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

President Zelensky has announced the replacement of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

I met with General Valerii Zaluzhny. I thanked him for the two years of defending Ukraine.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Zelenskyy appointed Colonel General Syrskyi as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Prior to the appointments, Zelenskyy met with Zaluzhnyi, after which Zaluzhnyi stated it was decided that approaches and strategy needed to change.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:31.533Z

Source story: day-717-2024-02-11