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Maj. Gen. Viktor Nikoliuk is leaving command of Ukraine’s East Group of Forces. Media sources say the formation has been dissolved as new Center and Azov groupings are established under Andriy Biletsky and Denys Prokopenko, who will take over management of the eastern defense. Nikoliuk said he had overseen the Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Kostiantynivka, Ocheretyne and Pokrovsk axes and was handing over a fully combat-capable force to his successor.