Zelensky announces two new changes at the head of the Ukrainian army

Volodymyr Zelensky, The Ukrainian president announced two new changes among the senior leadership of the Ukrainian army on Monday. He General Mijailo Drapaty was appointed new army commander and colonel Oleg Apostle He will be deputy commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces. These appointments take place before recent attacks from Russia against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and left almost a million people without electricity. In addition, the new changes in military leadership come amid an escalation of the conflict, after Ukraine attack Russian territory with American weapons And? Moscow responded with a new type of hypersonic missile with capacity nuclear.

Zelensky described General Drapaty as the organizer of the “successful defense” against the latest Russian offensives in the Kharkiv region. The Ukrainian president also spoke about Colonel Apostol, saying that “he is an experienced commander of the 95th separate airborne assault brigade.” For Zelensky, “both showed its effectiveness in battles“, as the Ukrainian leader declared in a statement posted on social networks. These appointments took place after a meeting between Zelensky and its security leaders to assess, “as the main objective” of the meeting, the latest waves of Russian bombings against the energy infrastructure from Ukraine.

The designations also come as part of the Ukrainian military’s efforts towards a system change in military structure of the country through a transition from the current brigade system to a corps system to “reduce bureaucracy” and facilitate the management of troops in the fight against Russia; an initiative which has the approval of the president, as he has already made known Zelensky last weekend during one of his speeches.

When announcing the appointments this Friday, Zelensky insisted that the most important issue for the army is to “significantly improve its combat capabilities” and “ensure high-quality training” , accompanied by “innovative approaches” to personnel management within the army. Ukrainian Armed Forces. “These internal changes are essential for the Ukrainian army to be able to fully achieve the goals of our state,” he stressed. Zelensky.