KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One is a tech-savvy drone innovator with no military experience who became Ukraine’s youngest defense minister six months ago and was credited with contributing to successes

Ukraine’s drone-driven military transformation remains intact, even under new leadership.

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s ouster of his longtime tech wizard, Mykhailo Fedorov, as defense minister could halt Ukraine’s striking rise in drone and robotic warfare.