Rescuers work at the damaged apartment building following a Russian air guided bomb strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces. The decision on Tuesday followed days of mass protests in Kyiv, the country's capital, and other cities demanding his removal. At the same time as he fired Syrskyi, the Ukrainian leader appointed Mykhailo Drapatyi as the new army chief. In a statement on social media, Zelenskyy said he made the decision to appoint the new army chief after a series of meetings with military commanders. It was the second major reversal Zelenskyy has made under pressure from the streets, after protests last summer forced him to undo a law weakening Ukraine’s anti-corruption watchdogs.
