Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has said he called for Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, to be replaced, but President Volodymyr Zelenskyy did not agree. According to Fedorov, all the Defence Ministry's proposals to improve the armed forces' operations on the front line encountered resistance from the commander-in-chief.

According to Ukrainska Pravda sources, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy decided to replace Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov because of his prolonged conflict with Commander-in-Chief…

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