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[**Ukrainian president had said ‘reset’ in leadership was necessary**](https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/zelenskyy-appoints-four-new-military-commanders-3677306)
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> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy **announced the appointment of four new military commanders**, a shake-up he earlier said was necessary.

> According to a decree published by the presidency on Sunday, **Zelenskyy appointed Oleksandr Pavliuk** as the new commander of Ground Forces, after the post was vacated by Oleksandr Syrskyi.

> Last week, Syrskyi was appointed as the new commander-in-chief after the dismissal of Valerii Zaluzhnyi.

> **Separate decrees also announced Yurii Sodol, Ihor Skibiuk and Ihor Plahuta as the new commanders of Ukraine’s Combined Forces,** Airborne Assault Forces and Territorial Defense Forces, respectively.

> Zelenskyy had declared the need for a “reset” in the country’s leadership, increasing speculation over a large reorganization of the military command as the war with Russia is set to enter its third year.