Zelensky held meetings with three commanders
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that he held personal conversations with the Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Mykhailo Drapaty, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Volodymyr Gorbatyuk, and the Commander of the Airborne Assault Force, Oleh Apostol.
The head of state announced this on social media.
According to Zelensky, Major General Mykhailo Drapatiy reported on the situation in the Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, and Donetsk directions.
During the meetings, they also discussed the implementation of agreements with international partners, strengthening air defense, implementing contracts for the production of all types of drones, as well as the situation in the Aleksandrovsk area and the actions of Airborne Assault Troops units.
The President noted that the military provided an objective assessment of the situation at the front, thoroughly analyzed the needs of the corps and brigades, and proposed solutions to supply problems.
Ahead of the meeting, Zelensky also held a meeting with the commanders of the six corps defending the most difficult sections of the front. The commanders of the 8th, 10th, 11th, 7th, 20th, and 17th Corps participated.
Earlier, the Presidential Office held meetings with Robert Brovdi, Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces; Denis Prokopenko, Commander of the 1st Corps of the Azov National Guard; Igor Obolensky, Commander of the 2nd Corps of the Charter National Guard; Andriy Tkachuk, Deputy Commander of the Airborne Assault Troops; Valeriy Skred, Acting Commander of the 19th Army Corps; and Andriy Beletsky, Commander of the 3rd Army Corps.
As a reminder, the Verkhovna Rada appointed Serhiy Koretsky as Prime Minister of Ukraine: 289 deputies voted in favor.
As a reminder, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy decided to dismiss Mykhailo Fedorov from his post as Minister of Defense due to a long-running conflict with the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrskyy.
As reported, Andrius Kubilius, the European Commissioner for Defence and Space, called Mykhailo Fedorov’s resignation as Ukraine’s Minister of Defence “a big surprise.”
Incidentally, the European Solidarity faction called on Prime Minister candidate Sergei Koretsky to reinstate Mykhailo Fedorov in the new government and entrust him with security and defense matters.
Furthermore, Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Pavlo Yelizarov submitted his resignation. He cited the possible resignation of Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov as the reason for his decision and warned of the risk of a rollback in air defense reforms .
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