A year after the start of the defensive battle against the Russian invaders, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired a top commander in Donbass, Eduard Moskalyov. This is evident from a decree published by the Ukrainian presidential chancellery on Sunday evening. The decree gave no justification for the move.
“In 2014, Russian aggression began with the conquest of Crimea,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address on Sunday. “It is logical that with the liberation of Crimea we will bring a historic end to all attempts by Russia to ruin the lives of Ukrainians and all the peoples of Europe and Asia, whom the Kremlin once claimed to subdue.”
Zelensky only mentioned Moskalyov in his daily video address on Friday, when he listed the commanders with whom he had spoken about the military situation. Moskalyov took command of the combined forces in March 2022, a few days after the start of the Russian offensive war.
Considered an important mastermind
According to the army, the commander of the Ukrainian ground forces, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, wants to visit the embattled Bakhmut to boost the morale of the forces and to discuss further strategy. “He listened to the unit commanders about urgent problems, helped solve them and supported the soldiers,” the ground forces say on Telegram.
The veteran commander is believed to be the mastermind behind the defeat of Russian forces at the start of the war off Kiev and in the Kharkiv region in September.
Selenskyj dissatisfied with the situation at the front
The Russian army is currently concentrating its attacks on the front in the eastern Ukrainian regions of Luhansk and Donetsk. The focus is on the strategically important city of Bachmut, which has been fought over for weeks and with both sides suffering heavy losses.
Only on Saturday did the Russian mercenary group Wagner announce the capture of a suburb of Bakhmut, which is about two kilometers from the city center. Zelenskyj has shown for weeks that he is dissatisfied with the situation at the front. He has repeatedly described the situation as difficult and painful.
Source: Krone
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