President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed Pavlo Palisa, the commander of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade, as the deputy head of the Office of the President.
Zelenskyy announced this in a traditional evening video address, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
"I appointed Colonel Pavlo Palisa as the deputy head of the Office - combat commander, commander of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Brigade. He understands well what is in the brigades, at the front, and I need just such a person to know exactly the information directly from the front on a daily basis," he noted.
Palisa (call sign Hunter) has been the commander of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade since 2023, was a participant in the battles for Bakhmut.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on November 29, Zelenskyy also appointed Mykhailo Drapatyi as the new Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, replacing Oleksandr Pavliuk, and Oleh Apostol as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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