Kyiv brawl: Ukraine's top general fired

泽连斯基临阵换帅

The Intelligence from The Economist

2026-07-22

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Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky has fired the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Oleksandr Syrsky. That follows days of protests at his sacking of the defence minister. Our correspondent analyses the fallout. America's murder rate is falling, so why are cops killing more people? And a shift in the Japanese taboo on living in homes where people have died. Guests and host: Shashank Joshi, defence editorDaniel Knowles, US Midwest correspondentMoeka Iida, East Asia reporterRosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence” Topics covered:  Fedorov, Syrsky, Zelensky, UkrainePolice killings, gun crime, murderJapan, haunted houses, jiko bukken
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  • The Economist.

  • Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

  • I'm Rosie Blau.

  • Today on the show,

  • why police killings are rising in America,

  • though murders are falling,

  • and our correspondent visits a Japanese haunted house.

  • First up, though,

  • In recent weeks,

  • Ukraine and Russia have been pounding each other with vengeance.

  • On Sunday,

  • Kyiv suffered one of the biggest ballistic attacks of the war,

  • with a five-hour assault.

  • Ukraine has responded with strikes in Crimea

  • and used drones to hit giant warehouses in Russian cities.

  • But this week,

  • the conflict came home to Ukraine in a different way.

  • With a cabinet reshuffle

  • that's provoked outrage among ordinary Ukrainians.

  • It's the sign of a deep domestic political battle.