Zaluzhnyi breaks silence, says new commander-in-chief faces 'incredibly difficult job'
The comment comes a day after President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Drapatyi's appointment as he faced pressure from mass protests in Kyiv and across the country to dismiss former Commander-in-Chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi.
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