President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he had appointed Mykhailo Drapaty as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He also announced that approaches to restructuring the General Staff had been agreed upon with the participation of Drapaty, Yevhen Khmara and Pavlo Palisa. The President announced that all decisions would be formalised on 22 July.<\/p>\n
Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n The President\u2019s statement marks the transition of the personnel change from consultations to an announced political decision. However, as of 21 July, no separate decree on the dismissal had been issued Alexander Syrsky<\/strong> or purpose Mykhailo Drapaty<\/strong> It wasn\u2019t on the President\u2019s website.<\/p>\n Before formalising the legal arrangements Scaly<\/strong> He remains Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was appointed to this post by presidential decree in June 2025.<\/p>\n Zelenskyy said that, together with Drapaty, By Yevhen Khmara<\/strong> and Pavlo Palisa<\/strong> has determined what the revised structure of the General Staff should be. The Chief of the General Staff is Andriy Gnatov<\/strong>; the President also discussed with him the future arrangements for his service and the handover of cases, together with Syrskyi.<\/p>\n The President did not specify the exact distribution of posts and powers. Yevheniia Khmara was dismissed the day before from her post as head of the SBU\u2019s Special Operations Centre \u00abA\u00bb, whilst Palis is the deputy head of the Office of the President. This suggests that this is not merely a change of commander-in-chief, but also a broader overhaul of the armed forces\u2019 management model.<\/p>\n\n
The decision has yet to be finalised<\/h2>\n
The General Staff is being reorganised alongside a reshuffle<\/h2>\n
Zelenskyy thanked Syrskyi for his service<\/h2>\n