Major General Andrey Gnatov has been appointed as the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Major General Andriy Hnatov has been appointed as the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This information was shared on the official Telegram channel of the Ministry of Defense.

The order for the appointment was signed by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Rustem Umerov. According to the document, Hnatov will oversee the issues of force formation and cooperation with foreign partners.

As reported by the Ministry of Defense, Hnatov has over 27 years of military service and has progressed from the commander of a marine brigade to the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the troops of the Operational Command "East".

“I am confident that his knowledge and skills will contribute to strengthening the defense capabilities of our country,” Umerov added.

It is worth noting that Kyrylo Budanov stated that the Russo-Ukrainian war has become the Third World War. Kyrylo Budanov emphasized that the involvement of most developed countries in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict effectively makes it a Third World War.