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Ukrainian troops killed about 1,060 Russian invaders and destroyed 4 Russian air defence systems, 9 tanks, 39 armoured combat vehicles, 66 artillery systems and 3 multiple-launch rocket systems over the past 24 hours.
Ihor Plakhuta, who was recently appointed to the post of the commander of the Territorial Defence Forces by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, was the head of Internal Troops during the 2013-14 Revolution of Dignity, and was therefore involved in the violent dispersal of protesters.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced four high-level military appointments on his website on Feb. 11, including the commanders of the Ground Forces, Territorial Defense Forces, the Combined Forces, and the Airborne Assault Forces.