[Regnum] Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Mykhailo Drapatiy announced on June 11 that he had left his post.
"I have completed six months of work as commander of the ground forces. I am leaving the post with a clear conscience... This is not the end. This is a transition to the next stage," he wrote on his Telegram channel.
According to Drapatogo, when he took up the post of commander-in-chief of the ground forces, he saw that the command was in a state of managerial stagnation, so he had to work to change the situation. The process is still only in its initial stages.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Drapatiy announced his decision to resign on June 1, after a missile strike by Russian troops on a Ukrainian Armed Forces training center. He said the reason was that he was unable to ensure that his orders were carried out. The Ukrainian army reported that the attack resulted in deaths and injuries, but did not provide exact casualty figures.
On June 3, the head of the Kyiv regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, announced that he had decided to appoint Drapatiy as the commander of the joint forces. In this position, he noted, he would be able to fully focus on the front.
At the same time, the Russian army continues to advance in different directions. On June 11, the 55th Motorized Rifle Brigade and the 90th Tank Division of the Center military group of the Russian Armed Forces reached the western border of the Donetsk People's Republic and began to advance in the Dnepropetrovsk region. Units of the Vostok group also entered this Ukrainian region.