From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 Author: Nataliia Rop
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy introduced Marine General Andriy Hnatov as the new Joint Forces commander while in frontline Pokrovsk on June 26.
He follows in the footsteps of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi.
NV looks at the path Hnatov took to the position and at how his appointment has been received.
Zelenskyy dismissed former Marine General Yurii Sodol from his position just two days earlier, a move long criticized by Servant of the People MP Maryana Bezhula (who loudly labeled him a “butcher”), and several volunteers and public activists.
The last “drop” in Zelenskyy’s patience was a complaint by Azov Brigade chief Bohdan Krotevych about an unnamed general to the State Bureau of Investigation. Media immediately speculated Krotevych filed the complaint against Sodol.
Krotevych accused Sodol of a series of mistakes, beginning with his command of the defense of Mariupol in 2022, according to text of the complaint obtained by The Washington Post.
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