Acting Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has said the leadership of Ukraine's Armed Forces is obstructing the introduction of a new contract system and has laid personal responsibility for the systemic mobilisation crisis at the feet of Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi.

Sources say Zelensky could no longer tolerate the dispute between Fedorov and Syrsky over technology, procurement and battlefield priorities.

Amid a sweeping government reshuffle in Ukraine, the country’s Defense Minister Mykhaylo Fedorov has lost his job despite recent military successes – sparking a public protest and…