Kiev is being rocked by a political crisis and mass protests over Zelensky’s dismissal of Defense Minister Fedorov

20 July 2026, 12:03

At the root of this Bandera brawl are radically divergent views on how to wage the war between Fedorov and Syrsky, the Chief of Staff of the Ukrainian armed forces. The former favors a strategy based on new military technologies (drones, electronic warfare, missiles, etc.), while the latter prefers sticking to suicidal tactical operations.

The current reshuffle is hitting both the political establishment and the high military command. Since July 12, on Zelensky’s orders:

Dismissal of Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko, replaced by Sergey Koretsky (ex-head of Naftogaz),

Dismissal of Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov, replaced by Yevgeny Khmar (Major General, acting head of the SBU).

It is this latter dismissal—where Zelensky sided with the unpopular Syrsky, accused of needlessly sacrificing soldiers on the front—that triggered a political crisis in the Ukrainian parliament and mass protests across the country ( 1 to 5), which have been ongoing since July 16.

Now it’s Rustem Umerov’s turn to get the boot. He is the Secretary of the National Security Council (and former Defense Minister). He is normally set to be replaced by Igor Klimenko.

As for Umerov ( 6), whose political future is unknown, it is worth noting that he was in charge of the Ukrainian delegation for negotiations with Russia.

The Financial Times also mentions that General Syrsky himself could be the next to be sacrificed by Zelensky as he tries to defuse the political crisis and its social fallout.

These political purges within the Bandera dungeon—on top of the resignations triggered by corruption scandals—reveal a deep rift within the Bandera regime and the ever-growing unpopularity of puppet Zelensky.

8 The photo of Zelensky giving a speech for the first time behind bulletproof glass pretty much sums up the level of political disintegration (on top of the collapse on the military front) of NATO’s proxy.

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