Zelenskyy weighs sacking Ukraine's military chief
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- Zelenskyy is weighing whether to sack Ukraine's commander-in-chief as public protests grow, according to the Financial Times, with the FT also reporting he is courting a former official to potentially fill the role.
- Ukrainian soldiers have publicly criticized the removal of a popular defence minister, per BBC, while the New York Times separately profiles what it calls 'Ukraine's Drone Warfare Mastermind' in a piece on the rise and fall of that figure.
Why it matters: A leadership shakeup at the top of Ukraine's military during an active war with Russia carries operational risk: replacing experienced commanders mid-conflict could disrupt battlefield coordination, and open dissent from the ranks signals political-military friction at a critical moment in the fight.
