WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has a right to choose who leads Ukraine's military and the United States will work effectively with his new military chief, a senior Pentagon official said on Thursday.
"President Zelenskiy is the president of his country and Ukraine, unlike Russia, has a democratic civilian control of the military," said Celeste Wallander, the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs at the Pentagon.
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