The strategic mission of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is to defend Kyiv, stated the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, on Facebook.
According to Zaluzhnyi, significant focus is on the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. "Together with them, units of the Territorial Defense Forces, Airborne Assault Forces, Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations are defending the capital. Citizens themselves are joining the defence of the capital in their masses," Zaluzhnyi added.
Yesterday the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, strengthened Kyiv's defences, having appointed former Joint Forces Operation commander, Olexander Pavliuk, as chairman of Kyiv’s regional military administration.