KIEV.- The President Volodimir Zelenski appointed al general Andri Hnatov as the new chief of the General Staff of the Army of Ukraine. The announcement was made this Sunday, March 16.
According to the Ukrainian Defense Minister, Rustem Umerov, the designation of Hnatov is part of a “systematic remodeling of the Armed Forces to develop their combat efficacy “. The decision is assumed in the middle of a delicate situation in its offensive in the Russian region of Kursk, marked by the withdrawal in the last hours of the city of Sudzha.
General Andri Hnatov has served as commander of the joint forces of the Ukraine Armed Forces and was also commander of the Eastern Front. Likewise, his predecessor, General Anatoli Barhilevich, will become the chief inspector of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.
This last decision, said Minister Umerov, seeks to “guarantee compliance with military norms and strengthen discipline within the Armed Forces.”
Withdrawal of Ukraine
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published a map that shows the withdrawal of the Ukrainian forces of Sudzha, in the Russian region of Kursk. In this sense, the Ukrainian agency Ukrinform He verified the validity of the operational update of the Ukrainian army, published at 09.00 in the morning of this Sunday.
Sudzha is a small town located about 8 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. It was taken in August last year, during the surprising counteroffensive starring the Ukrainian forces, which came to control 1,200 square kilometers of Russian territory and more than a hundred locations.
Ukraine forces have been losing land in recent months. British military intelligence estimates that they barely control a third of what they came to take. Russia It even gives the counteroffensive by defeated.
