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Ukrainian Armed Forces commander in chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said recently that Russia had greatly boosted its forces across the front line, increasing its forces around the strategic city of Pokrovsk from roughly 70,000 in December to 110,000 currently.
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 29 June 2025
The following day, Lincoln, the fractured nation’s commander in chief, was fatally wounded by an assassin’s bullet.
—Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025
The supreme leader is the commander in chief of the Iran Armed Forces, the head of the judiciary, the legislature and the executive branch and the most senior guardian of the Shiite faith.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
But his most important deputies—including Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of staff of the armed forces, and Hossein Salami, the commander in chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—are dead.
—Afshon Ostovar, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2025
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 29 June 2025
The following day, Lincoln, the fractured nation’s commander in chief, was fatally wounded by an assassin’s bullet.
—Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025
The supreme leader is the commander in chief of the Iran Armed Forces, the head of the judiciary, the legislature and the executive branch and the most senior guardian of the Shiite faith.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
But his most important deputies—including Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of staff of the armed forces, and Hossein Salami, the commander in chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—are dead.
—Afshon Ostovar, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2025
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“Commander in chief.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commander%20in%20chief. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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