Ukraine’s Zelenskyy fires his military chief after protests and names a new one
<img src=’https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2000×1333+0+0/resize/2000×1333!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F36%2F57%2F0bcd69b04045b6553fd33188e37a%2Fap26199705557337.jpg’ alt=’Activists hold a portrait of Ukraine’s Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi demanding his resignation during a rally against President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision to dismiss Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov after six months in the post, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, July 18.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces following days of protests demanding his removal. Zelenskyy appointed Mykhailo Drapatyi as the new army chief.
(Image credit: Efrem Lukatsky)
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