Президент України Володимир Зеленський присвоїв головнокомандувачу ЗСУ Олександру Сирському нове військове звання. Having become a general.
RBC-Ukraine informs about this in its communications to the Office of the President.
The President issued Executive Decree No. 580 on September 23, 2024. Until then, the head of the ZSU received the military rank of Colonel General.
Zelensky also assigned new military ranks to the Chief of the General Staff of the ZSU and the Commander of the Joint Forces of the ZSU (Presidential Decrees No. 581 and No. 582, respectively).
Chief of the ZSU General Staff Anatoly Bargilevich was awarded the rank of lieutenant general. Until then he was a major general.
The commander of the united forces of the ZSU Andriy Gnatov was awarded the rank of major general. Previously, he was a brigadier general.
In addition, Zelensky assigned:
- rank of major general to the intercessor of the Chief of the General Staff of the ZSU Volodymyr Gorbatyuk (formerly brigadier general);
- rank of major general to the Commander of the Logistics Forces of the ZSU Volodymyr Karpenk (formerly brigadier general);
- rank of major general Head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the ZSU Oleksandr Komarenko (formerly brigadier general);
- rank of Major General of the Head of the Administration of the State Special Transport Service Oleksandr Yakovts (formerly brigadier general);
- rank of brigadier general to the chief of staff of the SBU Oleg Golovash (former colonel);
- rank of brigadier general to the head of the Main Investigation Department of the SBU Andriy Shvets (former colonel);
- rank of brigadier general to the intercessor head of the Foreign Intelligence Service Oleg Lugovsky (formerly a colonel).
Rotations at the ZSU
It seems that the president replaced the head commander of the ZSU as fate would have it. Valery Zaluzhny was replaced in this village by Oleksandr Sirsky. Zaluzhny moved in the diplomatic sphere and stopped the Ukrainian ambassador from Britain.
Zelensky also replaced other commanders. The president recently changed the commander of the Joint Forces of the ZSU. Previously, this seat was occupied by Lieutenant General Yuri Sodol, who is a person involved in the investigation. Zokrema, law enforcement officers are verifying their actions with the authorities about the breakthrough of the defense by the occupiers in the Kharkiv region.
The commander of the Joint Forces of the ZSU was appointed Brigadier General Andriy Gnatov.
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