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In a photograph released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service, Maj. Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi attended a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday
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Kyiv’s new commander has a mandate for change & a major test

Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi faces a balancing act between asserting the independence favoured by military reformers and accommodating political input on battlefield strategy.

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