Syrskyi has been fired, and Fedorov reportedly refused to rejoin the government. For a puppet regime, Zelensky's dictatorship is quickly losing all remaining public figures recognized by the ukrainian people. Again, it would be pretty easy to see a parallel to the fall of previous regimes that buckled under internal pressures and infighting while in a losing war. The fractures exist, the factions have both grievances and arms, the foreign backers have cold feet, the people have been protesting en masse in the streets. Wouldn't take much of a push now

Sweet summer child, you have yet to learn that ignorance is not a virtue.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengiz_Field

This post was edited by Malopox on Jul 22 2026 12:15am

Wild take, I wonder how you came to that conclusion.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/80816

UA reporting that Russia is no longer willing to agree to the prior proposed land swaps in a peace deal, dropping their support to give ukraine lands around Sumy and Kharkiv in exchange for the remainder of the DPR/LPR not yet taken. It seems Russia is increasingly confident of seizing the last 3 strongholds and doesnt see a need to haggle for them. This means Ukraine has been deprived of its two biggest bargaining chips, the lands they held in Russia after their invasion that Russia already retook, and the DPR/LPR land they still hold tenuously.

whos protesting?

Common citizens from what appeared in western and UA media and social media. The protests were overwhelmingly young people, since adult men arent safe to be out on the streets after all

Several top Ukrainian military leaders out in the span of a week? Could be nothing, but usually you don't see this level of turnover because things are going swimmingly. Maybe it's just a fall guy for the mob but replacing top generals doesn't change the realities on the battlefield, it only buys some relief from the criticism.

It's a thankless task to be a general in a losing war.


Also lol this headline, you think they’d make the connection between us funding the war against Russia and this but of course it’s no where to be found in that article.



This post was edited by ofthevoid on Jul 22 2026 04:39pm

Well if we were looking for omens of potential internal collapse of ukraine, what would they look like?
Protesters on the streets. Citizens attacking government forces. Top leadership in tumult. Infighting between factions. Clear external pressures they can't overcome, and overwhelming crisis. Cracks in the foreign backing. More desperate and escalatory measures i ncombat.
I'd say more notable than the fact both fedorov and syrskyi are out, is that fedorov refused to rejoin even when offered. We've got western MSM reporting "increasing calls to reinstate him" after UA media already reported he was offered a higher position and declined

And now Maersk has stopped all shipping to Odessa after Russia has done retaliatory attacks against Ukrainian shipping. Zero vessels have passed through the black sea for Ukraine today right in the peak of harvest season, with Russia now effectively blockading Ukrainian food exports. Its almost like that was an entirely foreseeable chain of events, and the fact we're running into it is indicative of the inevitable endgame

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-22/russia-s-fuel-crunch-eases-as-ukraine-shifts-focus-of-attacks

And bloomberg also claiming that Russian refineries are largely operational again and gasoline is available to consumers, with the shortages taking a big swing.
Per their report-



This post was edited by Goomshill on Jul 22 2026 06:43pm

Improved doesn't mean restored. If you IMPORT refinded products that also indictaes huge financial burdens.
Hence your assessment of the situation is rly far off.

With another wildberries depot ablaze - the situation is bound to only be much worse for Russian citizens.
PLUS crimea will experience their worst holiday season - sth that will be a big visable problem for Russians - a fact propaganda will find difficult to cover up.