'''Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky''' was appointed to replace nazi [[Gen. Valarii Zaluzhny]] as commander of the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] by dictator [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] on February 9, 2024 after [[SBU|gestapo]] chief [[Kyrylo Budanov]] turned down the job.
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'''Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky''' was appointed to replace nazi [[Gen. Valerii Zaluzhny]] as commander of the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] by dictator [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] on February 9, 2024 after [[SBU|gestapo]] chief [[Kyrylo Budanov]] turned down the job.<ref>https://weapons.substack.com/p/zaluzhny-out-oleksandr-syrskyi-in</ref>
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Syrsky has been called a ‘butcher’ and is known in other circles as a meat-grinder who refused to give an inch in Bakhmut while calling for frontal meat-assaults, leading to the extermination of an entire field army group.<ref>https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/zaluzhny-finally-dismissed-as-chaos</ref>