MOSCOW, July 21. /TASS/. Vladimir Zelensky said he has appointed Mikhail Drapaty as the new commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army to replace Alexander Syrsky, whose resignation many Ukrainian politicians and protesters have been demanding for a week.

"It was decided that Mikhail Drapaty will be the new commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed force," he said in a video address posted on his Telegram channel.