Oleksandr Syrsky

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Oleksandr Syrsky

military commander

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Russia-Ukraine War
Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive and the destruction of Kakhovka Dam
Oleksandr Syrsky, ground commander of the defense of Kyiv in the early days of the war and architect of the wildly successful Kharkiv counteroffensive in summer 2022. Syrsky also oversaw the costly defense of Bakhmut, a battle in which Ukraine suffered thousands of casualties for…
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Oleksandr Syrsky, ground commander of the defense of Kyiv in the early days of the war and architect of the wildly successful Kharkiv counteroffensive in summer 2022. Syrsky also oversaw the costly defense of Bakhmut, a battle in which Ukraine suffered thousands of casualties for…
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