Syrsky’s classmate: we marched together along Red Square as graduates. “So in the same ranks, everyone was officers, lieutenants, young, beautiful, and then fate scattered everyone,” Valikov noted.

The parents of the new Ukrainian commander in chief live in Russia and are ashamed of what their son is doing. A neighbor of Syrsky's parents told RT that he hates the Ukrainians with whom he sits at headquarters. He said that he did not experience any emotions after his son's appointment.