An opposition MP, who asked not to be identified, put it more directly. “99 percent of these young people on the street have no idea how the Ministry of Defense works or how the General Staff works,” he said. “They think Fedorov is good because he wants to fight with drones and Syrskyi was bad
In a statement sent to reporters on Thursday, Fedorov said his team had a “specific plan to end the war” when he was appointed defense minister in January. The key elements are protection of the sky, stabilization of the front and also attacks on the Russian economy, he said. “For six months we have consistently
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Chief among the “fossils,” in the eyes of some of the soldiers who responded to our requests, is General Oleksandr Syrskyi, the austere 60-year-old commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces. He was hailed a national hero four years ago, following his successful defense of kyiv in the weeks following Russia’s full-scale invasion. But General Syrskyi’s name
Protests have broken out in several Ukrainian cities against President Volodymyr Zelensky’s surprise dismissal of popular Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. A crowd of people, mostly young people, gathered in kyiv, holding signs that read “Hands off Fedorov” and “Stop sabotaging the victory!” and shouting “Shame!” Zelensky has not yet explained his decision, which is causing
The campaign’s objectives have been high profile. St. Petersburg was attacked with drones before Putin’s main economic forum in June. Then there were attacks on Moscow itself, leading to videos of explosions that went viral. There is now a confirmed attack on an oil refinery in Omsk, Siberia, 2,500 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.