Oleksandr Syrskyi, the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, thanked brothers and sisters-in-arms with whom he served in the ranks of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and, in particular, the Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group, and spoke about the new tasks that he faces now.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has released a video of a ceremony in which he decorated Ukrainian defenders, including Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the recently dismissed Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU).
Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umierov has held the first working meeting with Oleksandr Syrskyi, the newly-appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, to discuss the army's detailed action plan for 2024.
Mykhailo Podoliak, the advisor to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, has stated that Ukraine's leadership expects Oleksandr Syrsky, the newly-appointed chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to conduct an "audit" of soldiers, because out of the 1 million of mobilised soldiers only 300,000 persons participated in combat.
Deputy Defence Minister Oleksandr Pavliuk will replace Oleksandr Syrskyi as the new Ground Forces Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (Mirror of the Week) reports. Source: ZN.