Zelensky formally dismisses Joint Forces Commander Andrii Hnatov, now serving in Common Workers

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Feb. 26 formally dismissed Brigadier Common Andrii Hnatov as commander of the Joint Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, after appointing him deputy chief of the Common Workers in January.

Hnatov has held the place since June 26, 2024, changing Yurii Sodol.

In late January, Zelensky introduced that Hnatov could be despatched to the Common Workers to function a deputy chief, saying, "his activity is a brand new degree of coaching of operational headquarters and a better high quality of interplay between the headquarters and the entrance."

"We mentioned these and another modifications with Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky," add that "duties have been set in any respect ranges," the president stated on the time.

Whereas holding the place of Joint Forces commander, Hnatov additionally served because the commander of the Khortytsia operational-strategic group.

When asserting Hnatov could be moved to the Common Workers in January, Zelensky appointed Main Common Mykhailo Drapatyi, commander of Ukraine's Floor Forces, to guide the Khortytsia operational-strategic group.

Hnatov beforehand served because the deputy commander of the Southern Operational Command.

Ukrainian forces liberate Kotlyne village near Pokrovsk in Donetsk OblastKotlyne and Pokrovsk are connected by the T 0406 highway, which also leads to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.The Kyiv IndependentKateryna Hodunova