Ukraine under interim defense chief after Zelenskyy shake-up
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- President Zelenskyy's government shake-up left Ukraine under an interim defense chief after a popular defence minister was removed, drawing public criticism from Ukrainian soldiers.
- The dismissal landed amid a clash over war strategy that exploded into public view, with coverage framing the ouster of Fedorov as a crisis of trust inside Kyiv's wartime leadership.
Why it matters: Dismissing a popular wartime minister while the war grinds on is a rare public rebuke of presidential wartime authority, and soldiers publicly criticising the move signals friction between Zelenskyy's command and frontline morale.
