Zelensky tries to fix crisis over removal of defence minister and counts the cost
But Zelensky's strategy appears to have backfired."His removal has led to the opposite result," Merezhko says. "But the thing that will carry on regardless is the innovation culture. It's a dramatic simplification which is totally wrong."But understandable, perhaps, in a country exhausted by 12 years of war with Russia.
- ▪But Zelensky's strategy appears to have backfired."His removal has led to the opposite result," Merezhko says.
- ▪"But the thing that will carry on regardless is the innovation culture.
- ▪It's a dramatic simplification which is totally wrong."But understandable, perhaps, in a country exhausted by 12 years of war with Russia.
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Zelensky tries to fix crisis over removal of defence minister and counts the costImage source, EPA/ShutterstockImage caption, Protesters in Ukrainian cities have welcomed the change of commander-in-chief but continue to call for the return of Mykhailo FedorovByPaul AdamsDiplomatic correspondent in KyivPublished25 minutes agoWith an acting defence minister in place and a new commander-in-chief in charge of the military, Ukraine's recent political crisis is over, right?Not so fast.The political fallout from President Volodymyr Zelensky's 15 July decision not to re-appoint Mykhailo Fedorov as defence minister, as part of a cabinet reshuffle, continues to reverberate about Kyiv and beyond, even as air raid sirens wail and Russian drones and missiles are intercepted overhead.Fedorov's mostly…
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