Poroshenko: EU officials are shocked by rumors about Zaluzhny’s dismissal. According to him, the best that Ukraine can do is to “immediately refute” these rumors.
Earlier, Ukrainian journalist Roman Tsymbalyuk* said that Vladimir Zelensky appointed Kirill Budanov, who heads the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, to the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Later, Zelenski’’S press secretary Sergei Nikiforov said that he did not fire Zaludzhny.