Syrsky became the new Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces: what is known about him (photo)

At the beginning of a full -scale invasion, Alexander Syrsky was the commander of defense of Kiev. He was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky II degree, and later he received the state distinction of Hero of Ukraine. On Thursday on February 8, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny and appointed Colonel-General Alexander Sirsky instead. Focus tells what he knows about him.

"I appointed the Colonel-General of the Syrsky Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," said Volodymyr Zelenskyy during an evening address. Alexander Syrsky was born on July 26, 1965 in the village of Novels of Vladimir region (RSFSR). He graduated from the Moscow Higher General Command College, the Armed Forces Academy and the National Academy of Defense of Ukraine.

He was also the commander of the 72nd OMB and in 2013 became the first deputy chief of the Main Command Center of the Armed Forces. Syrsky was the chief of the ATO headquarters from the beginning of hostilities in eastern Ukraine. In the winter of 2015, he was one of the main commanders of the ATO forces during the fighting for Debaltseve. In addition, he was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky III degree for fighting at the Debaltsev bridgehead.

In 2016, he headed the Joint Operational Headquarters of the Armed Forces, which coordinated the operational actions of various Ukrainian military in the Donbass. In 2017, he became the commander of the entire ATO. Oleksandr Syrsky was the commander of the United Operational Staff of the Armed Forces from May to August 2019, while he received the position of commander of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces on August 5, 2019.

Syrsky has been the commander of the defense of Kiev since the beginning of the Russian full -scale invasion. Thanks to his organizational abilities, two rings of defense of Kiev were created - one in the external suburbs and the other within the city. He was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky II for the defense of the capital and the release of the North of Ukraine from the invaders, and in April 2022 received the State Distinction of Hero of Ukraine.

Oleksandr Syrsky has been one of the commander of the Armed Forces counter -offensive in Kharkiv region since the summer of 2022. According to Dmitry Komarov, the head of GUR Kiril Kiril Kiril Kiril Kiril Kiril Kirill, the idea of ​​a counter -offensive in Sirsky arose when the enemy threw some of the forces to the south of the country. He later became the commander of Khortytsia. Also from the fall of 2022 to spring 2023 he managed the defense of Soledar and Bakhmut.