Main Common Dmytro Krasylnykov, commander of Ukraine's Northern Operational Command, has been dismissed from his put up, he instructed Ukrainian media outlet Suspilne on March 12.
Krasylnykov stated he was not given an official motive for his dismissal. The order, signed on March 7, locations him in a reserve battalion.
"I'm guessing, however I don't need to discuss it but," Krasylnykov instructed Suspilne when requested in regards to the doable causes for his removing. Brigadier Common Oleksii Shandar, who beforehand served because the deputy commander of the Airborne Assault Forces, has been appointed as his successor, Krasylnykov added.
The dismissal follows studies of intensified Russian advances towards Ukrainian positions in Kursk Oblast, the place Kyiv launched a cross-border incursion in August 2024.
The Northern Operational Command oversees items deployed in Ukraine's northern areas, together with Sumy Oblast, the launching floor for the Kursk incursion.
Chatting with the outlet, Krasylnykov stated he doesn’t see any doable causes for his dismissal, together with in relation to the developments in Kursk Oblast.
"Roughly talking, I left Kursk Oblast again in November (2024)," he stated.
Russian forces have entered the Kursk Oblast city of Sudzha as of March 12, in accordance with a number of Russian and Ukrainian sources, claiming that combating is ongoing. The Ukrainian army has not but commented on the claims.
Krasylnykov had commanded the Northern Operational and Tactical Group because the starting of Russia's full-scale invasion. In March 2023, he was appointed commander of the Northern Operational Command.
On Feb. 28, 2022, Krasylnykov was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine and the Order of the Golden Star for his position in defending Ukraine's sovereignty.
Issues in regards to the scenario in Kursk Oblast have grown amid Ukraine's non permanent lack of U.S. army and intelligence assist after the Feb. 28 conflict between President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump.
The assist was resumed on March 11 after Ukraine agreed to a U.S.-proposed non permanent ceasefire.
The Kyiv IndependentMartin Fornusek