Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced the reinforcement of some sections of the front line during a visit to the front. Syrskyi and Umerov visited front-line military units at command posts in an undisclosed locations on Feb. 25. The visit comes the next day as Ukraine marked the […]
Defense Minister Rustem Umerov held his first meeting with General Oleksandr Syrskyi after his appointment as Ukraine’s new commander-in-chief to discuss plans for the country’s Armed Forces in 2024, the Defense Ministry reported on Feb. 9. A day before, President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Zaluzhnyi and appointed Syrskyi as the new chief commander following months of […]
Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi will present the revised version of the government’s mobilization reform bill to the Ukrainian parliament. According to the Jan. 30 registration of the document with the Ukrainian parliament, Umerov will spearhead the draft law, with Zaluzhnyi acting as a co-sponsor. Read also: MP Bezuhla’s […]
Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov arrived at Ukraine’s parliament for talks on the new law on mobilization, David Arakhamia, head of President Volodymyr Zelensky‘s Servant of the People faction, reported on Telegram on Jan. 4. The discussion between the command of the Armed Forces, Defense Ministry representatives, and parliament’s committee on security […]
The liberation of Crimea, currently occupied by Russia, is a strategic goal for Ukraine, and there’s hope it could happen as early as next year, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said in an interview with German journalists, Bild reported on Dec. 21. Umerov said he remains confident that the peninsula can be liberated in 2024, […]