Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, the English-language spokesperson for Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces, was suspended pending an investigation.
Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, the English-language spokesperson for Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces, was suspended Wednesday over public statements “that were not approved by the command,” the TDF said in a“The command of the TDF will conduct an official investigation into the circumstances of these statements,” the statement said, without specifying which statements landed Ashton-Cirillo in hot water.
Some critics in Ukraine took issue with her role as spokesperson for an entirely different reason, however. “She gained notoriety for posting selfies and videos against the backdrop of Ukrainians who had just been killed. It’s unbelievable she even got that job,” Alona Shevchenko, the co-founder of a group working to raise cryptocurrency funds for Ukraine, wrote on X. “The way she behaves is extremely disrespectful towards Ukrainians and she certainly shouldn’t represent our Armed Forces in any capacity.
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