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Protesters give Zelensky until Friday as he weighs Syrskyi's dismissal; decision expected soon

Another protest over President Volodymyr Zelensky's decision to dismiss Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov while keeping Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi in office is scheduled to take place in Kyiv on July 20. After the demonstration, organizers intend to pause the protests for three days, one of the movement's organizers, veteran Dmytro Koziatynskyi, told the Kyiv Independent. The planned break comes as Zelensky is considering dismissing Syrskyi, one person familiar with the matter told t

About Donetsk Oblast

The Kyiv Independent's news and on-the-ground reporting from Donetsk Oblast, covering 26,517 square kilometers (10,239 square miles) in Ukraine’s East with a pre-war population of approximately 4.1 million. The administrative center is Kramatorsk, as Donetsk city has remained under Russian occupation since 2014. Donetsk Oblast has been the scene of intense fighting, for example, around the cities of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Vuhledar, as Moscow attempts to capture the entire region.

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