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Deputy commander of 225th Separate Assault Regiment Major Myroshnychenko takes command of "Aidar" regiment
Photo: 24 окремий штурмовий полк Айдар
The 24th Separate Assault Regiment "Aidar" has a new commander. Major Serhii Myroshnychenko, previously deputy commander of the 225th Separate Assault Regiment, has taken up the post.
The "Aidar" regiment itself announced this, Censor.NET reports.
Regiment’s statement
The unit said the regiment continues to carry out combat missions in designated sectors of the front under its new commander:
"Objectives, conditions, weapons and even people may change, but one thing remains unchanged — we are here to defend Ukraine, whatever the circumstances."
Background
- Earlier, "Aidar" soldiers opposed the dismissal of their commander, Major Oleksandr Kovalenko, and appealed to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykhailo Drapatyi to keep him in his post.
- The soldiers stressed that the personnel firmly opposed the appointment of new leaders who had not fought alongside the unit from the very beginning.
- The regiment noted that Kovalenko had taken up the defence of Ukraine in 2014 by joining the "Aidar" battalion, participated in the Anti-Terrorist Operation and the Joint Forces Operation, and risen from soldier and company commander to commander of the entire unit.
