Ukraine’s Zelenskyy tells top general it’s time for someone new to lead the army

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with Ukraine’s top general and told him it’s time for someone new to lead the army. In a post on X, Zelenskyy said he thanks Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi for his two years of service and discussed possible replacements for the top military job. Zelenskyy said: “The time for such a renewal is now.” The statement followed days of speculation spurred by local media reports that Zelenskyy would sack Zaluzhnyi, a move that would amount to the most serious shakeup of the top military brass since Russia’s invasion.