“I personally don't know the reason [for the dismissal],” said Khorenko.
“I found out from the media and had a conversation with the Commander-in-Chief [Valerii Zaluzhnyi], who also couldn’t give me an explanation.”
According to him, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi similarly didn’t know Zelenskyy was replacing the SOF commander until after it happened.
“Zaluzhnyi asked me if I knew what the situation was; I told him that I had no information,” Khorenko added.
When pressed by a journalist on whether it seemed that Zaluzhnyi did not know about Zelenskyy’s plans either, Khorenko responded: “it seems that way.”
Earlier on Nov. 3, Zelenskyy appointed a new SOF commander — Col. Serhiy Lupanchuk. No public information is available about Lupanchuk.
Khorenko commanded the SOF since July 25, 2022.