Ukrainians protest and Z-bloggers celebrate after Zelensky fires the defense minister who cut Russia off from Starlink and flooded the front with drones

On the evening of July 15, news broke that Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov would be dismissed from the post he had held since January. Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has yet to formally approve his removal. Fedorov confirmed the news, acknowledging at a press conference that he had clashed with Oleksandr Syrsky, Ukraine’s commander in chief. The dismissal set off protests in cities across Ukraine, with demonstrators calling for his reinstatement and Syrsky’s removal. Here…