{"id":22986,"date":"2026-07-22T12:22:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T07:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22986"},"modified":"2026-07-22T12:22:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T07:22:40","slug":"zelensky-dismisses-ukraines-commander-in-chief-appoints-mykhailo-drapatyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22986","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky Dismisses Ukraine&#8217;s Commander-in-Chief, Appoints Mykhailo Drapatyi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi and appointed Mykhailo Drapatyi as the country&#8217;s new military chief.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to a news agency, the leadership change comes days after the dismissal of Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, a move that reportedly triggered public protests across parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Initial reports suggested that disagreements between Fedorov and Syrskyi had contributed to the reshuffle, with subsequent media reports claiming those differences were later confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Media reports describe the 60-year-old Syrskyi as a commander associated with a Soviet-style military approach who was viewed as resistant to major reforms within the armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>His successor, General Mykhailo Drapatyi, is regarded as an experienced battlefield commander and a popular figure within Ukraine&#8217;s military.<\/p>\n<p>In a video address on Tuesday night, President Zelensky praised Syrskyi&#8217;s military service, saying he played a key role in the successful defense of Kyiv during the early stages of Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky also said he met with former Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov and offered him what he described as a &#8220;senior government position,&#8221; but did not confirm whether the offer had been accepted.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian president added that all decisions would be formally finalized the following day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi and appointed Mykhailo Drapatyi as the country&#8217;s new military chief. According to a news agency, the leadership change comes days after the dismissal of Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, a move that reportedly triggered public protests across parts of the country. Initial reports suggested that disagreements between [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,37],"tags":[9723,13182,13181,7858,1563,13183,2180,9895],"class_list":["post-22986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-world","tag-military-leadership","tag-mykhailo-drapatyi","tag-oleksandr-syrskyi","tag-russia-ukraine-war","tag-ukraine","tag-ukrainian-army","tag-volodymyr-zelensky","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22989,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22986\/revisions\/22989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}