Mykhailo Fedorov set out to transform Ukraine's military into a modern fighting force. Soldiers praised many of his reforms.

Mykhailo Fedorov criticized the country’s top general and blamed the military leadership for blocking his attempts to overhaul the armed forces.

Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has said he called for Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, to be replaced, but President Volodymyr Zelenskyy did not agree. According to

It is the fate of just one town, over a year, but provides a rare insight into Russia’s ill-fated war of choice.