Major General Mykhailo Drapatiy has assumed the duties of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and welcomed the President’s decision to appoint Ihor Skybyuk as Chief of the General Staff.
According to Ukrinform, Drapatiy announced this on Facebook.
“I have assumed the duties of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Major General Ihor Skybiuk, former commander of the Airborne Forces, will serve as Chief of the General Staff on my team. I thank the President of Ukraine for supporting this decision,” Drapatyi emphasized.
He noted that he met Skybiuk in 2022 in southern Ukraine, when they were directing the operation to liberate the Kherson region from a single command post.
“Since then, I have known him as a commander who can be trusted in difficult circumstances and whose decisions, experience, and personal principles can be relied upon. During his command of the Airborne Forces, strong commanders have emerged, including Oleh Apostol, Dmytro Voloshyn, Yevhen Lasiychuk, Sviatoslav Zayets, Emil Ishkulov, Andriy Tkachuk, and many others,” the commander-in-chief added.
