Languages: English. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Colonel General Oleksandr Syrsky as the commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces after firing General Valerii Zaluzhny.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky held a telephone conversation with the Commander of the ...

Colonel General Oleksandr Syrsky, the man President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has chosen to lead Ukraine’s military, has played a key role in some of the country’s biggest victories in its war with ...

The outcome may decide the war. It will certainly decide how history remembers Oleksandr Syrsky. Kursk has already shifted some views of him. One veteran soldier said: “Among the infantry he is ...

Languages: English. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has expressed his "hatred, contempt and disgust" for Colonel General Oleksandr Syrsky, new commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces.

On Thursday, Feb 8, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree appointing 58-year-old Russian-born Colonel General Oleksandr Syrsky as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) ...

Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky, who was elevated last week by President Volodymyr Zelensky and must decide if and when to admit defeat and withdraw. Many troops accuse Syrsky, who previously led Ukraine ...

As Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky assumes his role as Ukraine’s top military commander — after a broad shake-up of army leadership Thursday — he could soon be confronted again with the grim calculus ...

Syrsky has said Ukraine has captured over 1,000 square kilometres and that troops "continue to conduct the operation", the largest by a foreign army inside Russia since World War II. The stunning ...

Here are some key findings: 1. Ukrainian Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky suggested the Kharkiv counteroffensive when the General Staff asked for diversionary operations. It was designed to prevent ...

Oleksandr Syrsky stressed, however, that his armed forces were “firmly holding” the front lines, “destroying enemy personnel and equipment” and inflicting, among other things, “heavy ...

Zaluzhny was replaced by a senior ground forces commander named Oleksandr Syrsky. Zelenskyy fired his defense minister, Oleksii Reznikov, last September, citing the need for “new approaches ...