Ukraine replaces special forces commander, removed officer wonders why
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a press conference in Odesa, Ukraine October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Nina Liashonok/File Photo
The president said Lupanchuk's predecessor, Maj-Gen. Viktor Horenko, who led the forces from July 2022,"will continue to perform special tasks" within the Defence Ministry's Intelligence Directorate.Horenko said in an interview he had been told nothing. The special forces are believed to be behind the most sophisticated operations Ukraine's military has conducted in areas under Russian control, in particular Crimea, annexed by Moscow in 2014, eight years before Moscow's full land invasion.
Zelenskiy this week praised Ukraine's military for diminishing Moscow's military strength in the Black Sea through increased air and sea drone attacks on Russian military targets.
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