[HIGHLIGHTS] RT found a letter from Syrsky’s mother to his father who died in the Great Patriotic War

RT found a letter from Syrsky’s mother to his father who died in the Great Patriotic War. “You were wounded in the leg, stayed to cover your comrades, asked to leave the grenade and cartridges and asked to tell your wife about your death,” the woman writes, addressing her father.

On February 8, Vladimir Zelensky appointed Syrskiy as commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. RT journalist Konstantin Pridybaylo reported that Syrssky participated in the celebration of Russia Day in 2013.