Ukraine's Zelenskyy replaces top military official ahead of Trump-Putin call

Grateful to Lieutenant General Anatoliy Barhylevych for his service as Chief of the General Staff. In the most difficult times, his experience and professionalism were important to the organization of defense of Ukraine,

Umerov added

It’s a bad situation in Russia, and it’s a bad situation in Ukraine,

Trump told reporters on Monday

Thousands of young soldiers, and others, are being killed. Each week brings 2,500 soldier deaths, from both sides, and it must end NOW,

Trump wrote

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

He [Gnatov] is a combat guy,

Zelenskyy said

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

The prime minister made the right points about how we need to step up pressure on Moscow,

Zelenskyy said

Sergei Lavrov and Marco Rubio agreed to remain in contact,

the Russian foreign ministry said, with no mention of the proposed ceasefire

Rustem Umerovdefence Minister

We are systematically transforming the Armed Forces of Ukraine to enhance their combat effectiveness,

Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said

Rustem Umerovdefence Minister

We are consistently changing the armed forces to make them even more combat ready. To achieve it, we are changing the management system and introducing clear standards,

Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said in a statement

We plan to change the principles and methods of this war,

Commander Andriy Biletskyi said in a video announcing the change

Today, his expertise is needed to reform the Main Inspectorate and introduce modern control mechanisms in the defence forces, which will improve the discipline, efficiency and combat capability of our troops,

the minister said