Ilyin dismissed as head of Ukraine's General Staff, commander-in-chief of Ukrainian Armed Forces

12:10, 28.02.2014 1 min read

Oleksandr Turchynov, Ukraine's acting president and speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, has dismissed Yuriy Ilyin from the post of head of the Ukrainian General Staff and commander-in-chief of Ukrainian Armed Forces.

A decree to this effect, which was issued on February 28, is available for viewing on the acting president's Web site.