KYIV — Ukraine's parliament on Wednesday approved the appointment of Evgeniy Khmara as defense minister, a day after his predecessor, ousted defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov, called for wartime elections and criticized the country's system of governance.

Sergey Yurchenko added that the situation at the front and on the international stage will not change after this appointment, since it is too late for Ukraine to make any changes

Ukraine finally has a defense minister – a general with little patience for procurement bureaucracy. Meanwhile, his predecessor Fedorov has broken his silence with a pointed…