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Mykhailo Drapatyi: What to Know About Ukraine’s New Top General

21 juillet 2026 à 19:39
Maj. Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi, a decorated commander, is popular both inside and outside of his country.

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Maj. Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi speaking to journalists in Ukraine last year.

Zelensky Dismisses Ukraine’s Top General After Protests

21 juillet 2026 à 17:39
The move followed the firing of a popular defense minister, who had clashed with the general over how to fight the war.

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Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian commander in chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region in March.

When Protesters Speak, Zelensky Listens, in the Ukrainian Tradition

21 juillet 2026 à 05:28
With anger high over the firing of the defense minister, the president’s office is signaling an openness to compromise.

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A photograph released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on Monday showing President Volodymyr Zelensky meeting with Gen. Mykhailo Drapaty, the commander of the Joint Forces, in Kyiv.

Zelensky Faces Pressure to Remove Ukraine’s Top General

20 juillet 2026 à 14:55
Demonstrators and many soldiers want President Volodymyr Zelensky to reaffirm the vision of drone warfare laid out by the defense minister he fired last week.

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Protesters in Kyiv, Ukraine, last week criticized President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to dismiss Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.

Ukraine War Momentum Helps Spur Interest in Postwar Investment

20 juillet 2026 à 04:55
At a conference on reconstruction, the focus shifted to private investment, not donor assistance.

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The Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdansk, Poland, in June. The overarching pitch was to put money into Ukraine even as it remains at war.

Russia Batters Kyiv in One of the Largest Missile Assaults of the War

19 juillet 2026 à 12:33
On Saturday, Ukraine hit two warehouses in Russia in strikes that killed at least eight people and injured 62.

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A helicopter dropping water on Sunday over the site of a Russian missile strike in the Kyiv region of Ukraine.

Ukraine’s Top General Becomes a Target of Protesters’ Anger

19 juillet 2026 à 03:13
Demonstrators supporting Ukraine’s ousted defense minister have begun denouncing the commander he clashed with in office, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi.

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People in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday protesting President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to oust Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who had championed drone warfare.
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