Ukraine's ex-defence minister says changes to military procurements behind his dismissal
Fedorov said procurement reforms and tender changes drew resistance from officials and interest groups, and his dismissal sparked days of protests.
- Ukraine's former defense minister Oleksii Fedorov says he was dismissed due to reforms he introduced in military procurement processes.
- Fedorov claims he faced opposition from groups dissatisfied with the changes, which aimed to restructure the Defense Ministry's management system.
- President Zelenskiy dismissed Fedorov and replaced him with the former head of the SBU security service, citing a conflict with the top military commander.
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Demonstrations in Kyiv against the firing of popular Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov are entering their third week. Pictures show thousands of protesters marching through the city.
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Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mihailo Fedorov told Ukrainian Justice that he was fired because he tried to reform the procurement system for the military and noted that his efforts to introduce transparency into that process met with strong resistance from powerful interest groups.
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Mikhail Fedorov was dismissed after just six months in office in a sweeping government reshuffle Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov has claimed he was dismissed because reforms to overhaul military procurement and tackle entrenched interests within the ministry triggered a backlash. Fedorov was removed by Vladimir Zelensky earlier this month after just six months in...
In his first interview since his dismissal, the young political leader portrayed the administration as a "malad" body, imbued by private interests. His willingness to reform has cost him his post, he asserts that he is not known to speak for nothing. When he was Minister of Defense, between January and July 2026, Mykhailo Fedorov, 35, received several times the press for extremely detailed briefings, under the seal of confidentiality. After his …
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