Sirsky leaves, Saudis are blocked

July 22, 2026 by Larry C. Johnson

Maj-Gen Mikhail Drapatła

Have you heard the communicative of Ukraine's glorious defeat over the Russian army? The Western media over the last 4 weeks praised the incredible success of the Ukrainian army. So ask yourself... If you're winning the war with Russia, why are you firing the general who brought you this immense victory? Well, that's what the Cocaine Cowboy Zelenski did. On Tuesday late evening in Kiev, news came that Zelenski had fired the Syrian general, commander of the Ukrainian armed forces, and was replaced by Mikhail Drapatly. Zelenski besides fired Chief of Gnatov's General Staff.

Zelenski has been under political fire since he fired young defence minister Mikhail Fiodorov. Ukrainian citizens went to the streets of Kiev and Lviv, protesting against the cancellation of Fyodorov. The decision to release Fyodorov was to consequence from his repeated conflicts with the Syrian general on Fyodorov's decision to allocate limited government funds to drone programs, alternatively of utilizing them to recruit fresh recruits to strengthen the weakening Ukrainian front. Fyodorov's release sparked a wave of protests in Ukraine, and Zelenski seemingly felt that the Syrian release could calm the situation. Despite the protests, Zelenski pointed to Minister Evgeny Chmara as his favourite for this position – insulating Fyodorov.

Man, just think what would happen if Syrian lost the war. (intended sarcasm).

As for Drapatly, East Calling reports:

According to data from the Ministry of Interior, the recently appointed commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Drapaty, was placed on the list of persons wanted in Russia.

Earlier, the Russian Investigative Committee (SK) filed charges against Drapatem in absentia. According to the agency, in 2017 and 2019 he held, together with Viktor Nikolak, general command over operations of the Joint Forces of Ukraine. Under their command, Ukrainian militants carried over 70 artillery shellings into the area populated in the DRL and the LRL, resulting in 154 deaths or injuries.

Meanwhile, on the banks of the Red Sea, the Huti announced a blockade of tankers carrying or attempting to transport Saudi oil. While the Saudis protested and announced retaliation, MBS faced a real dilemma. If he carries out another attack on Yemen, the Huti will most likely respond to the launch of missiles likely to destruct the only Saudi oil warehouse on the Red Sea – or Yanbu. It would be wise for Saudis to prosecute a negotiated agreement that would defend their current exports of 4 million barrels of oil a day from Yanbu. However, judging by fresh events, there is small indication that Saudis have intelligent strategies.

In the foreseeable future, the Saudis will send their tankers through the Suez Canal, which Egypt will appreciate by charging a toll, but this way extends shipping by forty days before reaching Asian markets. If the Saudis decide to usage force, we can witness the complete cessation of Saudi oil exports.

Writing this, I look forward to proceeding about Iran's reaction to today's U.S. bombing campaign, which reportedly touched 3 atomic objects: Buszehr, Isfahan and Khojir (or Khojir rocket base/Khojir atomic investigation Center). Iran had previously announced a decisive consequence to specified attacks... We'll see.

I now have regular Tuesday chat with Jelena and Ryan with East Calling/The Winners . We focused on the shortages of weapons facing the United States in the war against Iran:

Nima and I were talking about the news that B-1 bombers were launched from Britain:

Mario and I talked about Iran's fresh bombings by the United States and the consequences of attacks on Iranian atomic power plants:

I spoke to Sulaiman trying to calm him down erstwhile reports of Iran's reopened bombings by the U.S.:

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