Ukraine’s Andrii Hnatov to head Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group soon
Pravda Ukraine
Brigadier General Andrii Hnatov, the new commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, will replace Lieutenant General Yurii Sodol as the Head of Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group
Source: Ukrainska Pravda’s article “The first replacement in Syrskyi’s team: why Sodol was fired and what to expect from Hnatov” (English translation coming soon)
Details: UP’s sources in the military leadership claim that the dismissal of Yurii Sodol from the post of Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was not a surprise to the General Staff.
Quote: “The Commander-in-Chief made non-public attempts to save the general, but after everything turned into a “new vs. old” situation, he decided not to argue publicly. The ambitions of young commanders are normal. Syrskyi probably did not want the conflict to be perceived as a dispute between generations because it would affect the [situation on the] battlefield.”
Details: UP’s sources in the military leadership reported that Sodol will formally remain in the status of Commander of the Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group for a few more days, but he will also be replaced by Andrii Hnatov, the new head of the Joint Forces Command.
Background:
- On 24 June, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he had decided to replace Lieutenant General Yuriy Sodol, Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with Brigadier General Andriy Hnatov.
- The day before, Bohdan Krotevych, Chief of Staff of the Azov Brigade of the National Guard, had filed a request with the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) calling for an investigation into Lieutenant General Yurii Sodol due to heavy losses of personnel that he supposedly allowed.
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