The Ukrainian government has appointed Oleksandr Porkhun, a veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war and a Hero of Ukraine, as the acting veterans affairs minister after the resignation of Yuliia Laputina, the ministry reported on Feb. 9.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has admitted Oleksandr Syrskyi to the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and National Security and Defence Council Headquarters. Source: decrees on the website of the President's Office Details: Zelenskyy removed Valerii Zaluzhnyi from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff and introduced Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi in his place.
The conflict between the top army leadership and the Zelensky administration is unfolding under conditions of a serious military, political and economic crisis.