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President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi and appointed General Oleksandr Syrskyi in his place. “I appointed Colonel-General Syrskyi as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” Zelensky said in a video address to the nation. “He has successful defense experience – he conducted the Kyiv defense operation. He also has a successful offensive experience – the Kharkiv liberation operation,” Zelensky said about Syrskyi. Zelensky also said in his video address that Generals Andrii Hnatov, Mykhailo Drapatyi, and Ihor Skybiuk, as well as Colonels Pavel P…