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Oleksandr Syrskyi, who previously was the commander of Ukraine\u2019s ground forces, spoke a day after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2024\/02\/08\/ukraines-president-replaces-top-general-amid-war-with-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\">put him in charge<\/a> of the battlefield campaign against Russia\u2019s invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNew tasks are on the agenda,\u201d Syrskyi said on his Telegram channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though he provided little detail, his remarks appeared to align with Zelenskyy\u2019s stated aim of bringing \u201crenewal\u201d to the armed forces in Thursday\u2019s shake-up and adopting a fresh approach to the fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the changes at the top won\u2019t solve some of Ukraine\u2019s biggest problems: a shortage of manpower that has helped sap morale and may require a mass mobilization, and the inadequate supply of Western weapons to take on Russia\u2019s might.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shake-up of the military top brass caused some apprehension on the streets of Kyiv, the country\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alisa Riazantseva, 35, said she had been \u201cgenerally satisfied\u201d with Syrskyi\u2019s popular predecessor, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi. \u201cWe hope that our government has not made a big mistake\u201d by replacing him, she told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oleksandr Azimov, 61, said there was \u201csome discontent, some dissatisfaction\u201d about the changes at the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That may be a reference to previous criticism of Syrskyi\u2019s strategy of holding on for nine months to the city of Bakhmut, which brought the war\u2019s longest and bloodiest battle and which cost Ukraine dearly in troop losses. But it served the purpose of sapping Russia\u2019s forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Syrskyi takes charge at an overall difficult time for Ukraine\u2019s war effort. With the fighting about to enter its third year, Kyiv is largely dependent on support from Western countries where signs of war fatigue have emerged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That has left Ukraine on the defensive while Russia has placed its economy on a war footing and is building up its weapon stockpiles. Analysts detected no sign of a deeper malaise in Zelenskyy\u2019s move, which had been rumored for weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCommand changes are normal for a state fighting a war over several years,\u201d the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington think tank, said late Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked about Zaluzhnyi\u2019s exit and Syrskyi\u2019s appointment, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday downplayed the moves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe don\u2019t think that these are the factors that could change the course of the special [military] operation,\u201d he said, using the Russian government\u2019s euphemism for the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian President Vladimir Putin used an interview broadcast late Thursday with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson to urge Washington to recognize Moscow\u2019s interests and persuade Ukraine to sit down for talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was in Washington for talks with President Joe Biden on Friday about new U.S. military aid for Ukraine. The vital support is being held up by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2024\/02\/08\/senate-moves-forward-on-ukraine-israel-taiwan-aid-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\">disputes in Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Syrski, who was born in the Soviet Union and attended Moscow Higher Military Command School as well as serving in the Soviet Artillery Corps, is described as an obsessive planner, and his comments Friday said his first job was to ensure \u201cclear and detailed planning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also placed emphasis on ensuring the well-being of troops. \u201cThe life and health of servicemen have always been and are the main value of the Ukrainian Army,\u201d he said \u2014 perhaps a reference to the Bakhmut criticism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Syrski is viewed as the architect of the counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region in September 2022. 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