List of Ukrainian officials dismissed during the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive

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Over the course of the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive numerous Ukrainian military leaders and political officials have been removed from their positions and dismissed. [1]

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3 Major Generals,1 Lieutenant Colonel, 1 Colonel, 1 deputy commander, 6 deputy defense ministers, the Ministry State Secretary, Ukraine's ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ukrainian representative to the International Maritime Organization, 42nd member of Verkhovna Rada and Deputy chief of Ukraine's Committee of National Security, Defense, and Intelligence and the Ukrainian minister of defense have been sacked and dismissed for their positions. Totaling 16 officials.

ImageNamePositionDate dismissedReplaced byNotes
Vadym Prystaiko (cropped 3).jpg Vadym Prystaiko Ukraine's ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ukrainian representative to the International Maritime Organization 21 July 2023No replacement announced [2]
NDU 9 Aristov Iurii Iuriiovich.jpg Yuriy Aristov 42nd member of Verkhovna Rada and Deputy chief of Ukraine's Committee of National Security, Defense, and Intelligence26 July 2023UnknownClaimed to have fallen ill and then went with his family on a luxury holiday to the Maldives for two weeks. After a criminal investigation was opened Yurily resigned. [3] [4]
Oleksii Reznikov (portrait).jpg Oleksii Reznikov Minister of Defence of Ukraine 6 September 2023 Rustem Umierov
Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Sak Commander of the 47th Mechanized Brigade 16 September 2023Colonel Oleksandr Pavlii Neither the Ukrainian military nor Suspilne specified the reason for the command change. [5]
Hanna Maliar (official portrait).jpg Hanna Maliar Deputy Defence Minister18 September 2023Unknown [6] [7]
N/AVitalii DeynehaDeputy Defence Minister18 September 2023Unknown [6] [7]
N/ADenys SharapovDeputy Defence Minister18 September 2023Unknown [6] [7]
N/AVolodymyr HavrylovDeputy Defence Minister18 September 2023Unknown [6] [7]
N/AAndrii ShevchenkoDeputy Defence Minister18 September 2023Unknown [6] [7]
N/ARostyslav ZamlynskyiDeputy Defence Minister18 September 2023Unknown [6] [7]
N/AKostiantyn VashchenkoMinistry State Secretary18 September 2023Unknown [6] [7]
Igor Tantsiura.jpg Major General Ihor Tantsyura Commander of the Territorial Defense Forces 9 October 2023Major General Anatoliy Barhylevych [8]
N/AColonel Dmytro Lysiuk Commander of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade 3 November 2023UnknownArrived late to the award ceremony after it was attacked by Russian artillery and was uninjured. He was suspended from his position while authorities opened an investigation. [9]
N/AMajor General Viktor Khorenko Commander of the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces 3 November 2023 Serhii Lupanchuk Dismissed at the request of Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umierov. [10]
Tetiana Ostashchenko.jpg Major General Tetiana Ostashchenko Commander of the Ukrainian Medical Forces Command 19 November 2023Major General Anatoliy Kazmirchuk Dismissed by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy citing the need for "a fundamentally new level of medical support" for the military. [11]
Yuriy KondratyukDeputy Commander of the Ukrainian National Guard 24 November 2023Vadym Gladkov [12]

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