The new commander of the Ukrainian Territorial Armed Forces, General Ihor Plakhuta, commanded the forces that suppressed the Euromaidan protests.
The Ukraińska Pravda portal reports that Ihor Plakhuta, the WOT commander appointed by President Zelensky, during the so-called Revolution of Dignity, he worked at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and led the units that dispersed the demonstrators.
Let’s not forget that the protests in question took place from November 2013 to February 2014. As a result, President Viktor Yanukovych was overthrown and fled to Russia. After these events, Russia invaded Ukraine, annexed Crimea and supported separatists in the Donbas.
Płachuta’s past
Płachuta during the so-called revolution, he was the commander of the internal troops subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior. He would subsequently lead the Southern Command of the Territorial Internal Troops of the Ministry of the Interior. In December 2013, these establishments included: Removing barricades set up by protesting Ukrainians.
About 400 soldiers of the internal troops and officers of the Berkut special militia unit took part in these activities. Some of them then fled to Crimea or Russia.
Płachuta’s soldiers were very brutal during the protests – during demonstrations at least twenty Ukrainians were killed by them and hundreds were injured.
Changes in the Ukrainian army
Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fired General Valery Zaluzhny. Colonel General Oleksandr Syrski became the new Supreme Commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Zełenski’s decision was criticized by former GROM commander General Roman Polko. The President of Ukraine also recently appointed Major General Anatoly Bargilevich as Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine.
“The dismissal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Army, General Zaluzhny, is a risk taken by President Zelensky and a new key stage in the war,” says The Economist. As the British weekly reminds us, the differences between Zelensky and Zaluzhny became clearly visible when the war entered a phase of stagnation. Gradually the two began to differ in their ideas about how to continue the fight.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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