Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is the highest military position in Ukraine. The officer holding it directly leads the Armed Forces and is responsible for their operational command. The post was restored in 2019; before that its functions were exercised by the Chief of the General Staff. The Commander-in-Chief is subordinate to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief — the President of Ukraine — and to the Ministry of Defence.
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Ukraine's SBU says it detained a Russian FSB agent inside its Armed Forces who targeted his own drone unit
Ukraine's Security Service said on 22 October that its military counterintelligence, with the assistance of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, exposed a Russian agent in the ranks of the military. The suspect, a mobilized resident of Zhytomyr Oblast, was reportedly recruited by the FSB before his call-up and is accused of directing a Russian air strike at his own UAV unit. The SBU says it evacuated more than 100 drone operators from the potential strike zone; the suspect faces life imprisonment.
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SBU detains artillery brigadier in Mykolaiv accused of guiding Russian strikes for FSB
Ukraine's SBU detained a servicemember of an artillery brigade in Mykolaiv Oblast on suspicion of working for Russia's FSB. Investigators say the man was recruited via Telegram while AWOL, returned to his unit to spy, and directed strikes on Ukrainian Defense Forces positions in Mykolaiv and Odesa oblasts. He faces life imprisonment on state treason charges.