Ukraine replaces special forces commander, removed officer wonders why

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday appointed a new commander of its special forces, a unit known for conducting military operations in Moscow-held territories, but the officer replaced in the shuffle said he had not been told why.
Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address that Colonel Serhiy Lupanchuk would now head the forces and described him as “an experienced officer, combat officer and the right man in command”.
The president said Lupanchuk’s predecessor, Maj-Gen. Viktor Horenko, who led the forces from July 2022, “will continue to perform special tasks” within the Defence Ministry’s Intelligence Directorate.
Zelenskiy gave no further explanation for the change.
Horenko said in an interview he had been told nothing.