“I have high hopes for Gen. Drapatyi,” a captain currently serving in eastern Ukraine, told NBC News. “He belongs to a new generation of officers who came of age during this war.”

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky has announced Mykhailo Drapaty as the country's new commander-in-chief, following a political crisis triggered by Zelensky's surprise ousting…

Drapatyi, 43, is seen as a consensus candidate and popular choice