Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov stopped rubber-stamping the General Staff’s requests. Six months in, Zelensky sided with the generals.

Mykhailo Fedorov, who spent six months as Ukraine’s defense minister, will not be reappointed to the new government. His departure came amid a broader reshuffling of Ukraine’s cabinet: on July 14, the Verkhovna Rada accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, and the rest of the ministers automatically lost their posts. Some will keep their jobs, Ukrainska Pravda reported, but the government’s resignation also gave President Volodymyr Zelensky an occasion to settle the question…