The Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, whom protesters in Kyiv are demanding be removed from office, may lose his job in the near future, according to The Guardian. The newspaper reports that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is holding meetings with potential candidates to replace him. Meanwhile, the General Staff has stated that Syrskyi and his deputy, Andriy Hnatov, are carrying out their duties.<\/p>\n
Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n Pros. data<\/a> The Guardian, demonstrations<\/a> began last Thursday outside the President\u2019s Office. Thousands of protesters chanted \u00abDown with Syrsky\u00bb and demanded that he be reinstated as defence minister Mikhail Fedorov<\/strong>, who was sacked last week.<\/p>\n The publication notes that the reason was a public dispute between Fedorov and Syrskyi. Following his dismissal, Fedorov claimed that the senior military leadership had blocked reforms with bureaucratic obstacles, ignored the data and rewarded brigades loyal to the commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n In a column published on Monday, Syrskyi himself denied that he had had a falling-out with the minister. He described their relationship as professional, acknowledged that he could be blunt, and asked people to focus on the war, strategy, the front line and the troops.<\/p>\n On Monday, the General Staff denied media reports alleging that an imminent Syrsky\u2019s dismissal<\/strong>. They emphasised that the termination of their powers in these posts is taking place on the basis of a decree by the President of Ukraine.<\/p>\n At the same time, the Head of the President\u2019s Office Kirill Budanov<\/strong>\u00a0made it clear that the authorities are taking the protesters\u00ab sentiments into account. \u00bbThe public\u2019s position has been heard,\u00ab he said, adding that the situation was being resolved \u00bbprofessionally and constructively\u201d. Budanov also called for the prevention of internal conflict, which, he said, Russia was hoping to see.<\/p>\n The Guardian, citing a source within the Armed Forces, reports that the matter of Syrsky\u2019s departure has effectively already been decided, and the main question now centres on his successor. According to the newspaper\u2019s source, the new commander should be an experienced military officer who is well-known and popular, but without any overt political ambitions.<\/p>\n On Monday, Zelenskyy met with several senior commanders who could be considered as candidates. Among them, the publication names Mykhailo Drapaty<\/strong>, the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Defence Minister appointed by Zelenskyy was also present at these meetings Yevhen Khmara<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The protest organisers have set the authorities a deadline of Friday to reinstate Fedorov to his previous post. If this does not happen, they promise to launch a nationwide indefinite protest in cities across the country.<\/p>\n The Guardian does not specify whether Fedorov will be reappointed specifically as defence minister or whether he will be offered another role within the government. However, the combination of public pressure, a public statement from the President\u2019s Office and meetings with commanders suggests the possibility of wider personnel changes within the military leadership.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The General Staff has denied reports that Syrsky is due to be dismissed, emphasising that the decision on the Commander-in-Chief\u2019s resignation is taken by the President.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":25216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"\u0413\u0435\u043d\u0448\u0442\u0430\u0431 \u0441\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0432 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0456 \u043f\u0440\u043e \u0431\u043b\u0438\u0437\u044c\u043a\u0435 \u0437\u0432\u0456\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0421\u0438\u0440\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e, \u043d\u0430\u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0441\u0438\u0432\u0448\u0438: \u0440\u0456\u0448\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e \u0432\u0456\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u043a\u0443 \u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043d\u043e\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0447\u0430 \u0443\u0445\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044e\u0454 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0442.","rank_math_title":"\u0412\u0456\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u043a\u0430 \u0421\u0438\u0440\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043f\u0456\u0441\u043b\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0442\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0456\u0432 \u0443 \u041a\u0438\u0454\u0432\u0456: \u0449\u043e \u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u043e","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0412\u0456\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u043a\u0430 \u0421\u0438\u0440\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805617],"tags":[806756],"class_list":["post-25217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics","tag-806756"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25218,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25217\/revisions\/25218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Protests and calls for Fedorov\u2019s reinstatement<\/h2>\n
What the General Staff and the President\u2019s Office are saying<\/h2>\n
Who is being considered for the post of Commander-in-Chief?<\/h2>\n
Friday\u2019s deadline for the authorities<\/h2>\n