Ukrainian army Special Operations Forces commander replaced

Vlodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian President

© APA | Vlodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian President

# 25 July 2022 21:25 (UTC +04:00)

Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky has dismissed commander of the Ukrainian army’s special operation forces Grigory Galagan, according to a presidential decree posted on the presidential website on Monday, APA reports citing TASS.

Viktor Khorenko was appointed to the post by another decree.

Galagan has been commander of the Ukrainian army’s special operation forces since August 2020. Before that, he was first deputy chief of the Ukrainian Security Service’s center for special anti-terrorist operations.

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