The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyhas dismissed the head of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Yuri Sodolwho will be replaced by General Andrii Hnatov. The Joint Forces are a military strategic decision-making body in charge of coordinating the different Ukrainian arms.
“I have decided to replace the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Yuri Sodol, with Brigadier General Andrii Hnatov,” Zelensky announced this Monday in his daily evening speech without giving further explanations.
Sobol has recently come under firesuch as those of the head of the Azov National Guard Brigade, Bohdan Krotevich, who had asked to investigate one of the generals for the loss of Ukrainian troops on the battlefield, according to the Ukrainian news agency. Ukrinform.
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Krotevich had denounced that this general, who is not mentioned, “In my opinion he has killed more Ukrainian soldiers than any Russian general”. He also expressed his willingness to testify. Despite not having mentioned any name, the Ukrainian media pointed to Sodol as the general Krotevich was referring to.
Retaliation against Russia
Separately, Zelensky promised in his address to the nation last night that there will be retaliation for the deaths in a Russian attack of at least five civilians in the town of Pokrovsk, in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
“Of course we will retaliate against this Russian attack, and our response will be completely fair”said Zelensky, who spoke in his speech of “four dead and dozens of wounded, including three children.” Ukrainian Donetsk regional authorities later raised the death toll to five.
According to the governor and head of the regional administration of that region, Vadim Filashkin, another civilian died during the day on Monday in the town of Kurajove and one more lost his life in Toretsk in Russian attacks against these two Ukrainian towns near the line of the forehead.
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In response to the constant Russian bombings against its territory, and to weaken the adversary in the rear and take the war to enemy territory, Ukraine has intensified its attacks in the occupied territories in recent months and within the Russian Federation.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian forces attacked the occupied Crimean peninsula this Sunday with 5 American ATACMS missiles, killing as many civilians.
Numerous civilians are dying daily in towns near the front lines and in the rest of Ukraine as a result of Russian attacks since the Kremlin began its large-scale invasion of the country on February 24, 2022.
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