President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces ...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he will replace​ the commander in chief of the armed forces as a government shake-up continues.

After nationwide protests Oleksandr Syrskyi is to be replaced in reshuffle and popular defence minister returns to government ...

Several Ukrainian and Russian generals have been sacked from their militaries over the course of the war in Ukraine.

After a week of nationwide protests over the direction of Ukraine's military strategy in the ongoing war with Russia, the Ukrainian military has a new commander, Mykhailo Drapatyi. Here's what to know ...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fires the country's army chief, just days after he dismissed the defense minister. Those two key figures had been feuding with each other.

The reshuffle comes after almost a week of nationwide unrest and represents one of the biggest political crises since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.

Ukraine pushed on with its fight against Russia’s invasion under new military leadership Wednesday, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bowed to public pressure and fired his commander-in-chief.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired his commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, in Ukraine’s biggest military shake-up in two years. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s senior international correspondent Luk ...

Mass protests in recent days in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities had called for the removal of commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has named Mykhailo Drapatyi as the army's new ...

Oleksandr Syrskyi was credited with leading the defence of Kyiv and launching a counter-invasion of Russia’s Kursk province in summer 2024.Photograph: Vitalii Nosach/EPA Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired ...

Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has now fired the country's top military commander. Just a few days ago, Zelenskyy fired the country's defense minister. Together, it's one of the most ...