For many Ukrainians, Mykhailo Fedorov was the political star of the new generation. As digital minister he introduced the Diia smartphone app, which drastically reduced visits to authorities. As defence minister, he pushed for increased drone usage and for shutting down the Starlink satellite internet service for the Russian invaders. Now, after just a few months in office, he has been ousted as part of government reshuffle, sparking protests throughout the country. A bitter lossJOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Hospodářské noviny (Czech) comments: “The dismissal of Fedorov, who has come to symbolise technological advances and the courage of the Ukrainian defenders, has been criticised both by both Western media and many analysts and former politicians. They see Fedorov as largely responsible for the positive developments on the front line this year and for tackling corruption within the Ministry of Defence. Russian war bloggers are celebrating Fedorov’s departure on the Telegram network. They are describing him as one of Ukraine’s most effective defence ministers, having significantly hampered the Russian army’s operations by blocking the Starlink network and engineering the fuel crisis in Russia.” Worlds colliding Italy’s La Repubblica explains why the military wasn’t happy with Fedorov: “Mykhailo Federov, or ‘Misha’, managed the war like a start-up and believed in asymmetries. More neurons than testosterone, a ping-pong table in the conference room, PowerPoint presentations, sneakers instead of boots – and the conviction that Ukraine would more be more likely to win the war with drone joysticks than with guns… No surprise then that this 35-year old who was full of ideas and anglicisms (one of his favourite words which drove the officers insane was data-driven), and who ran the Ministry of Defence without ever having served a day in the military would end up in conflict with the generals sooner or later.”