The EU and the US have given their assurance that their support for Ukraine will not change after Ukraine’s change in military leadership.

The European Commission states that the European Union’s support for Ukraine will remain unchanged after the resignation of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valery Zaluzhny, and the appointment of Oleksandr Syrskyy to the position.

The EU foreign policy service’s spokeswoman called the replacement of the commander-in-chief an internal Ukrainian decision, which is the president’s prerogative. She assured Ukraine of the firmness of Kyiv’s further support from Brussels’s side.

US Assistant Secretary of Defense Celeste Wallander confirmed the US’ readiness to cooperate with the new commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

John Kirby, the strategic communications coordinator of the National Security Council of the White House, similarly commented on the change. He also rejected the idea that the replacement of the commander-in-chief indicates “instability” In Ukraine’s situation but could not confirm that this issue has been previously discussed between Kyiv and Washington “at a high level.”