General Oleksandr Syrskyi said on July 22 that he is leaving the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which he had held for almost 2.5 years, and summed up his work in the position. — Ukrinform.

Oleksandr Syrsky, Ukraine's under-fire commander-in-chief

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