Why a week of protests pushed Zelensky to bring in a younger military chief
- Posted on July 22, 2026
- By CNN
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Why a week of protests pushed Zelensky to bring in a younger military chief
For a war imposing such radical change on the battlefield, the retention of 60-year-old Oleksandr Syrskyi as Ukraine’s top commander had become an anomaly. That’s not ageism, but a reflection of the recently sacked Ukrainian military chief’s mindset.