Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavlyuk as Ukrainian Ground Forces Commander, replacing Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavlyuk as Ukrainian Ground Forces Commander, replacing current Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi.
Oleksandr Syrskyi presented Oleksandr Pavliuk as the newly appointed Commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces to army staff.
Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavliuk, who served as deputy defense minister since February 2023, was appointed as the head of Ukraine's Ground Forces by a presidential decree on Feb. 11, 2024.
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