Who is Zalushnyy's successor Olexandr Syrskyj? | EUROtoday

IIn Olexandr Syrskyj's first speech as commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces, a sentence was uttered that contradicted his popularity: “The life and health of its soldiers are the most important value of the Ukrainian army.” In Ukrainian and American media, nonetheless, it had been mentioned for the reason that summer time of final 12 months Again and once more, Syrskyj is seen amongst troopers as a commander who doesn’t pay a lot consideration to human losses in his operations.

He owes this popularity to his management within the months-long battle for Bakhmut, during which not solely the Russian attackers but in addition the Ukrainians suffered heavy losses. At the time, Western navy officers expressed doubts concerning the sense of the finally futile try to carry the small city in any respect prices.