Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov, a former adviser to the defence minister, as his non-staff adviser on the development of defence technologies.

Serhii Sternenko and Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov have announced that they are no longer advisers to Ukraine's defence minister following Mykhailo Fedorov's departure.

President Volodymyr Zelensky moved to extinguish a political crisis on Thursday (local time) sparked by his dismissal of a reformist defence minister, tapping a security official…