Operational Command "East"
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Zelensky appoints Svyatoslav Zaits as commander of Ukraine's Ground Forces
President Volodymyr Zelensky on September 2 dismissed Hennadii Shapovalov as commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and appointed Svyatoslav Zaits in his place. The change was formalized by consecutive presidential decrees and follows Zaits' April 2026 appointment to command the 20th Army Corps.