Bbc News
@bbcnews·20.1M subscribers·32.9K videos
Protests in Ukraine against President Zelensky’s removal of defence minister | BBC News
Posted
July 16, 2026
Views
32,685
Likes
630
Comments
295
Engagement
July 16, 2026
32,685
630
295
2.83%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
6:21Now PlayingProtests have been taking place in several Ukrainian cities against President Volodymyr Zelensky's surprise dismissal of popular Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
A crowd of people - mostly young - gathered in Kyiv on Thursday morning, holding up signs reading "Hands off Fedorov" and "Stop sabotaging victory!" and chanting “Shame!".
Zelensky's decision has causing significant upset among commentators and the military as well as parts of civil society.
The rumours that the end of Fedorov's tenure was related to tensions between him and Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi were all but confirmed by Fedorov himself and Zelensky.
Subscribe to our channel here
For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news
#Ukraine #BBCNews
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
