Major General Ihor Skybiuk will become the new chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Axar.az reports that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the developmenen on Telegram.

"We have determined the procedure for further steps. Today, decisions on replacing the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be formalized – the relevant decrees are being prepared. Together with Mykhailo Drapaty and Yevheniy Khmara, we determined that Major General Ihor Skibiuk, a very experienced military man alongside whom the new Commander-in-Chief defended Ukraine, will become the new Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," Zelensky said on Wednesday.

Before his appointment, Skybiuk served as Deputy Chief of the General Staff.