Zelenskyy reinstates Hereha as Support Forces commander
Pravda Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed Dmytro Hereha as Commander of the Support Forces of Ukraine’s Armed Forces. Hereha was removed from this position in March 2024.
Source: presidential decree
Quote: “Dmytro Hereha shall be appointed as Commander of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”
Details: Hereha was dismissed from the post on 4 May 2024 and replaced by Oleksandr Yakovets, who since February 2020 served as the head of the engineering troops and chief of the engineering troops command of the AFU Support Forces. Oleksandr Yakovets, who had served as commander of the Engineering Forces under the leadership of the Armed Forces’ Support Forces since February 2020.
The reasons for the president’s decision have not been disclosed.
Background: Hereha was appointed Commander of the Support Forces by order of the Minister of Defence on 9 August 2021 and discharged from that position by presidential decree on 4 March 2024.
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