PDB Afternoon Bulletin | July 22nd, 2026: Zelensky Just Fired Ukraine's Top General & Saudi Nuclear Pact

The President's Daily Brief

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🗓️ 22 July 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: Ukraine's wartime leadership is thrown into turmoil after President Volodymyr Zelensky dismisses the country's top military commander following days of rare public protests and growing divisions over how the war against Russia should be fought. The Trump administration reaches a landmark nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that could allow the kingdom to enrich its own nuclear fuel, raising fresh concerns in Washington and Israel about the risks of nuclear proliferation. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting https://PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Wild Alaskan Company: Get $35 off your first box of wild-caught, sustainable seafood—delivered right to your door. Go to: https://www.wildalaskan.com/PDB Goldbelly: Impress your family and friends - get free shipping and 20% off your first order at https://GOLDBELLY.com with code PDB. HomeServe: Protect your home systems from expensive repairs with https://HomeServe.com/dailybrief and get 50% off your first year of coverage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.0	your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right. Let's get briefed. First up, Ukraine's
0:53.9	wartime leadership has just undergone another shake-up as President Zelensky
0:58.8	dismisses his top military commander following days of protests.
1:03.4	I'll have the details.
1:05.0	Later in the show, the Trump administration reaches a landmark nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia,
1:10.7	but critics warn that it could put the
1:12.6	kingdom on a path toward developing nuclear weapons. But first, today's afternoon spotlight.
1:19.2	We're beginning today with a major update on a story that we've been tracking here on the
1:22.9	president's daily brief since it first broke last week. Ukrainian President Zelensky has now dismissed the
1:29.1	country's top military commander, General Alexander Siersky, bringing an abrupt end to one of the
1:34.9	most turbulent weeks inside Ukraine's wartime leadership. The move marks a major reversal for Zelensky.
1:42.2	As we've been reporting over the past several days, this saga
1:45.0	began when the president unexpectedly fired his popular defense minister, Mihailo Fedorov,
1:50.9	after an escalating dispute between Fedorov and General Siersky over how Ukraine should fight the
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