Zelenskyy taps new defense chief in bid to quell political crisis
Kyiv – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy moved to extinguish a political crisis on Thursday sparked by his dismissal of a reformist defense minister, tapping a security official who has overseen Ukraine’s long-range strikes against Russia for the post.
Rare protests had erupted in Ukraine over the ouster of Mykhailo Fedorov in a surprise government reshuffle. The dismissal brought into the open a dispute between the young tech evangelist and Kyiv’s top general during the president’s second shake-up in a year.
Hundreds of people took to the streets in Kyiv and other cities to demand Fedorov — who has aimed to reshape Kyiv’s outnumbered army into a more efficient fighting force against Russia — be reappointed. A senior commander of Kyiv’s air war had also resigned.
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