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SecondWar on 19 July 2026
shavenferret said:

It has been a wild week with Ukraine’s military politics. So, Ukraine’s defense minister fedorov got sacked due to his criticism of head general Syrsky, and criticism of corruption. Then, massive protests have occurred. I believe zelensky reinstated fedorov so that there wouldn’t be a revolt. Now, they might be looking to replace commander Syrsky because he has this old Soviet sort of mentality towards fighting (heavy on artillery) when they want to win without excessive casualties.

Where has it been confirmed that Fedorov has been reinstated?



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shavenferret on 19 July 2026
SecondWar said:
shavenferret said:

It has been a wild week with Ukraine’s military politics. So, Ukraine’s defense minister fedorov got sacked due to his criticism of head general Syrsky, and criticism of corruption. Then, massive protests have occurred. I believe zelensky reinstated fedorov so that there wouldn’t be a revolt. Now, they might be looking to replace commander Syrsky because he has this old Soviet sort of mentality towards fighting (heavy on artillery) when they want to win without excessive casualties.

Where has it been confirmed that Fedorov has been reinstated?

He hasn’t been, I just looked at the latest articles and they are still protesting in favor of fedorov. 



shavenferret on 19 July 2026

Ukraine has struck two warehouses of Wildberries because they ship military hardware like optical for guns and body armor. They are basically the Amazon of Russia and this attack will piss the Russian people off. How often do you buy something off of Amazon or do American business need something from Amazon? The Russians will get pretty frustrated if their warehouses becomes more broadly targeted.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkrainianConflict/s/aFyOpqKbWJ



Qwark on 20 July 2026
shavenferret said:
SecondWar said:

Where has it been confirmed that Fedorov has been reinstated?

He hasn’t been, I just looked at the latest articles and they are still protesting in favor of fedorov. 

Firing Fedorov was basically a gift to Russia and to criticasters of a Ukraine EU-membership. Firing the minister for wanting to fight corruption is a pretty clear signal that the Ukrainian governemt doesn't really want to be less corrupt.



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shavenferret on 20 July 2026
Qwark said:
shavenferret said:

He hasn’t been, I just looked at the latest articles and they are still protesting in favor of fedorov. 

Firing Fedorov was basically a gift to Russia and to criticasters of an Ukraine EU-membership. Firing the minister for wanting to fight corruption is a pretty clear signal that the Ukrainian governemt doesn't really want to be less corrupt.

Ehhhh, I definitely want to agree with the first statement. But Zelensky didn’t (and still doesn’t) have an easy decision whether he fires one or the other. I think he probably favored Syrsky because he’s more entrenched at this point with more allies.  



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shavenferret on 20 July 2026

Why many commanders feel that Syrskyi must go:

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkrainianConflict/s/YbYXHt7jpx



shavenferret on 20 July 2026

Even with the problems at the top, Russias forces are slowly crumbling. Btw, Some months ago, Zelensky stated a goal of 50k Russian casualties per month. Once the counts go to around 1600 on a daily basis, that would essentially mean 50k on a monthly basi and it would probably be the point where Russia couldn’t keep up with the war anymore. They’ll have to have experienced soldiers to show the new guys how to fight and that won’t happen if somebody is getting blown up every minute. 

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shavenferret on 20 July 2026

Oops, accidental double post 

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Bofferbrauer2 on 21 July 2026
shavenferret said:

Even with the problems at the top, Russias forces are slowly crumbling. Btw, Some months ago, Zelensky stated a goal of 50k Russian casualties per month. Once the counts go to around 1600 on a daily basis, that would essentially mean 50k on a monthly basi and it would probably be the point where Russia couldn’t keep up with the war anymore. They’ll have to have experienced soldiers to show the new guys how to fight and that won’t happen if somebody is getting blown up every minute. 

What is a Ground Robotic Complex?

And yeah, losses are increasingly exceeding recruitment rates of Russia, which can result in them calling another round of mobilization - but Putin said that he wouldn't do so, so he's in a bit of a pickle here, especially with his favorability rating increasingly dropping, so breaking that promise would also break the Russians support of him and his cronies.

It's also a problem for other countries, as practically all potential replacements of Putin are MORE agressive or unhinged or something along those lines. In other words, going off the rails and using nukes against Ukraine wouldn't be out of question anymore for some of those.



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shavenferret on 21 July 2026
Bofferbrauer2 said:
shavenferret said:

Even with the problems at the top, Russias forces are slowly crumbling. Btw, Some months ago, Zelensky stated a goal of 50k Russian casualties per month. Once the counts go to around 1600 on a daily basis, that would essentially mean 50k on a monthly basi and it would probably be the point where Russia couldn’t keep up with the war anymore. They’ll have to have experienced soldiers to show the new guys how to fight and that won’t happen if somebody is getting blown up every minute. 

What is a Ground Robotic Complex?

And yeah, losses are increasingly exceeding recruitment rates of Russia, which can result in them calling another round of mobilization - but Putin said that he wouldn't do so, so he's in a bit of a pickle here, especially with his favorability rating increasingly dropping, so breaking that promise would also break the Russians support of him and his cronies.

It's also a problem for other countries, as practically all potential replacements of Putin are MORE agressive or unhinged or something along those lines. In other words, going off the rails and using nukes against Ukraine wouldn't be out of question anymore for some of those.

You found some Engrish, congrats. Haha. 
 I imagine that these were ground robots that have been destroyed. Both sides are using but Russia probably less so.