The dismissal of Ukraine’s defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, following a governmental reshuffle caused an outcry in Ukraine as the country continues to fight off Russia’s full-scale aggression. In Russia, the news didn’t go unnoticed. The Kremlin, collaborators, lawmakers, and war bloggers reacted extensively to wartime protests across Ukraine and to the acting head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Yevhen Khmara, taking over Fedorov’s seat.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Kremlin says it does not matter Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov tried to downplay the significance of the shake-up. “Broadly speaking, it makes no difference who the defense minister is,” he told journalists, according to Interfax. Peskov said Moscow’s priority was for someone in Kyiv to take what he called a “responsible decision” that would lead to a negotiated settlement or allow Russia to conclude its so-called “special military operation” – the Kremlin’s official term for the invasion of its neighbor. But the assessment from other Kremlin-related figures differs. In a Telegram post, former Ukrainian lawmaker and pro-Kremlin collaborator Oleg Tsaryov credited Fedorov with introducing competitive procurement and a marketplace through which military units could select drones, robotic systems and electronic-warfare equipment. Tsaryov said the number of Ukrainian drone manufacturers had grown from 7 to more than 500, while the number of electronic-warfare producers had risen from 2 to 200.