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Kyiv brawl: Ukraine’s top general fired

The Economist: The week ahead by The Economist

Jul 22, 202621:34News & Politics

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has fired the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Oleksandr Syrsky. That follows days of protests at his sacking of the defence minister. Our correspondent analyses the fallout....

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Kyiv brawl: Ukraine’s top general fired is an episode from The Economist: The week ahead by The Economist. Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has fired the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Oleksandr Syrsky. That follows days of p...

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Published Jul 22, 2026, 21:34 long, audio available.