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Zelensky sacks top army commander after days of protests (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 6 points 1 week ago

It has been fairly widely reported, there's a long list of grievances (by Ukrainians widely not just Federov) against him. In short he's perceived as hidebound /old school Soviet and hamstringing the effectiveness of the troops (there's a lot longer list btw).

Federov published an article on it as well as there a lot of other column inches. Federov was popular because he was not only delivering results, he waa addressing the way conscription was being (badly) handled which is a bone of contention with the public