Zelenskyy defends sacking Ukraine’s defence minister Mykhailo Federov

President says he had to choose ‘one side or the other’ after breakdown of relations between ministry and military leaders Europe live – latest updates Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has defended his decision to dismiss the country’s popular defence minister, Mykhailo Federov, and confirmed reports that relations had broken down between the ministry and the country’s top army leadership. Speaking at a press conference in Kyiv with the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, Zelenskyy…