President Zelenskyy thanked Common Valerii Zaluzhnyi for his service, says he ought to stay ‘on his group’.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed Oleksandr Syrsky, who has led Ukraine’s floor forces since 2019, as the brand new head of Ukraine’s armed forces, after he dismissed Common Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
In a publish on X, Zelenskyy on Thursday thanked Zaluzhnyi for his two years of service, and mentioned that the time had come for modifications within the navy management.
Zelenskyy mentioned Zaluzhnyi ought to stay “on his group”.
I met with Common Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
I thanked him for the 2 years of defending Ukraine.
We mentioned the renewal that the Armed Forces of Ukraine require.
We additionally mentioned who could possibly be a part of the renewed management of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The time for such a renewal… pic.twitter.com/tMnUEZ3BCX— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) February 8, 2024
Zaluzhnyi conceded that the nation’s navy technique “should change” nearly two years into Russia’s invasion.
“The duties of 2022 are completely different from these of 2024. Due to this fact, everybody should change and adapt to the brand new realities as nicely with a view to win collectively,” he mentioned after his long-rumoured dismissal was introduced.
The transfer quantities to probably the most severe shakeup of the highest navy brass since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in Febraury 2022.
“The warfare doesn’t stay the identical. Struggle modifications and calls for change. New approaches and new methods are wanted. At the moment, a call was made on the necessity to change the management of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” Ukraine’s Defence Minister Rustem Umerov mentioned.
Zelenskyy mentioned the brand new armed forces management group can be taking on on Thursday.
He referred to as on the nation’s new navy management to plot a technique for this 12 months to beat again Russian forces.
“A practical, detailed motion plan for the Armed Forces of Ukraine for 2024 needs to be on the desk, making an allowance for the true state of affairs on the battlefield now and the prospects,” Zelenskyy mentioned.
Final 12 months, he mentioned, Ukraine managed to “regain management” of the sky, however mentioned failed to achieve aims “on the bottom”.
Zelenskyy mentioned the nation wants “working rotation programs”, and a brand new method to mobilisation and recruitment.
