Politics● ElevatedJul 16 · Jul 16, 2026, 11:33 AM
Zelenskyy fires Ukraine's tech-savvy defense minister in government reshuffle
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired the country's popular defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, who pushed for innovation on the battlefield through use of drones and turned the tables on Russia.
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