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Zelensky sacks army chief Oleksandr Syrsky after protests

Zelensky sacks army chief Oleksandr Syrsky after protests
France 24 Wednesday 22 July 2026, 09:13 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Zelensky sacks army chief Oleksandr Syrsky after protests Europe Issued on: Share Volodymyr Zelensky has bowed to pressure from the streets. Oleksandr Syrsky is no longer head of the Ukrainian armed forces, the Ukrainian president announced on Tuesday. The protests began five days ago following the sacking of Mykhailo Fedorov from his post as defence minister. Story by Daniel Quinlan.
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