Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a fresh round of meetings with top military commanders amid media reports that he was considering dismissing Lt. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, in the face of protests demanding Syrskyi's removal and broader military reform, Interfax-Ukraine reported on July 20. However, Zelensky's communications adviser Dmytro Lytvyn refuted these reports.