President appoints new head of Ukraine’s State Guard

President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has dismissed Oleksii Otserklevych from the post of head of the Department of the State Guard of Ukraine and appointed Serhii Rud to replace him.

Censor.NET reports citing decrees №755/2019 & №756/2019.

As reported, Colonel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksii Otserklevych had headed the Department of the State Guard since May 29, 2019.

Serhii Rud had previously worked at the Institute of Management State Guard of Ukraine of Kyiv’s Taras Shevchenko National University.

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