Dismissal of Ukraine’s defense chief sparks political crisis
KYIV – Rare protests erupted in Ukraine on Thursday over the dismissal of defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov as a dispute between the reformer and Kyiv’s top general spilled into the open during the president’s second overhaul of his wartime cabinet in a year.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s reshuffle has fueled public anger over his exclusion of Fedorov, a 35-year-old tech expert who has aimed to reshape Kyiv’s outmanned army into a more efficient fighting force to take on Russia.
Hundreds of people took to the streets in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities to demand an explanation, and a senior commander of Kyiv’s air war resigned.
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