Zelenskyy dismisses Air Force Commander Oleshchuk

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy removed Mykola Oleshchuk from his position of commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Source: decree on the President's website

Details: As per usual, the decree does not specify the reasons for the dismissal.

At the same time, Zelenskyy posted an evening address in which he said that he had decided to replace the head of Ukraine's Air Force.

Quote: "I have decided to replace the Commander of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. I am immensely grateful to all our military pilots, all engineers, all warriors of mobile firing groups, and air defence units. All those who really fight for Ukraine – for the result. And the same goes for the command level – we must strengthen ourselves. And take care of [our] people. Take care of [our] personnel – take care of all our warriors."

Background: 

• On 29 August, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that an F-16 fighter jet crashed while repelling a Russian missile strike. The pilot didn’t survive.
• Ukrainian pilot Oleksii Mes was killed while repelling a massive Russian combined missile and drone attack on 26 August.

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