Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday he had appointed Brigadier-General Andriy Hnatov as commander of the Joint Forces of Ukraine’s armed forces, replacing Lieutenant-General Yuri Sodol.

Zelenskiy’s announcement, made during his nightly video address, followed a series of reports that Sodol had performed badly in Ukraine’s more than two-year-old war against Russia.

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