Russia has launched a “campaign aimed at discrediting the new Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” Oleksandr Syrskyi, the National Security and Defense Council's (NSDC) Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) warned on Telegram on Feb. 11.
The Ukrainian government dismissed First Deputy Defense Minister Oleksandr Pavliuk, Taras Melnychuk, the Cabinet of Ministers’ representative in the Verkhovna Rada, reported on Feb. 10.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed several civilian roles to Valerii Zaluzhnyi before the latter was dismissed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov reported via Facebook on Feb. 8.