The top-level changes late Tuesday were intended to draw a line under political turmoil that lasted almost a week.
It was not clear whether Zelenskyy's measures would achieve that goal.
The new army chief, Maj. Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi, belongs to a new generation of Ukrainian generals who have come up through the ranks during the battle against Russian aggression.
He became known for his daring and courage in 2014, the year that Russia seized and illegally annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula — eight years before Moscow's all-out invasion.
Photo credit: Ukrainian Presidential Press Office
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