Syrsky Spoke For The First Time With The New Commander Of NATO's Combined Forces In Europe
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Alexus Grinkevich is a descendant of Belarusian immigrants to the United States.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky held a telephone conversation with the new commander of NATO's Combined Armed Forces in Europe, US General Alexus Hrynkiewicz, on Wednesday, July 16.
Syrsky wrote about it on his page in Telegram.
The AFU commander-in-chief said their phone conversation took place "in the spirit of true partnership."
"Received firm commitments of support from both America and the Alliance. Following the recent announcement by US President [Donald] Trump and NATO Secretary General [Mark] Rutte on a new arms package for Ukraine, we are looking forward to an intense phase of cooperation in the coming months," Syrsky said.
July 4 it became known that the command of NATO's Joint Force Command in Europe was headed by American General Alexus Grinkiewicz, he replaced Christopher Cavoli.
June 24 it was reported that U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for the post of commander of NATO's Joint Force believes that Ukraine can win a war with Russia.
"I think Ukraine can win," he said during a Senate hearing on June 24.
On June 5, Trump nominated Air Force Lieutenant General Alexus Hrynkiewicz to be the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO's Joint Force Europe.
Before that, he served as director of the J-3 Operations Directorate at the Pentagon's Joint Staff in Washington, D.C.
According to Charter97.org, the general's great-grandfather Ilya Grinkevich was born in 1873 in Minsk to Stepan (Stefan) and Agata Grinkevich. In 1899, he set foot on American soil, where he became Elias Grinkevitch. Later the surname in English-language documents began to be written as Grynkewich.
On October 7, 1906, Elias Grinkevitch married 22-year-old Anastasia Snigerevitch (Anastasia Snigerevitch, 1884-1945), a native of Vilnius, the daughter of Adam Snigerevitch, who had come to New York in 1901. They had four children. One of them, Nicholas Grynkewich (Nicholas Grynkewich, 1915-1969), became the grandfather of Lieutenant General Alexus Grynkewich.
By the way, the father of the military Gregory Grynkewich (Gregory Wayne Grynkewich, 1949-2012) was a famous scientist: he patented 14 inventions in the field of improving the performance and production of semiconductors.
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