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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Ukraine's parliament to elect new government amid outcry over defence chief

KYIV: Ukrainian lawmakers will vote on a new wartime government on Thursday amid ​popular protests over the dismissal of ​reformist Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov at a critical point in Kyiv's conflict with ​Moscow.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's second cabinet shake-up in a year has focused public anger over his exclusion of Fedorov, a 35-year-old tech expert who has aimed to reshape Kyiv's outmanned army into a more efficient fighting force.

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