Zelenskyy faces outrage over defence minister sacking as Starmer makes farewell Ukraine visit as UK PM – Europe live | Ukraine

in Kiev

I will show you a part of the counter-demonstrations in Kiev this morning. Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his strange decision to shoot Mykhailo Fedorov, Secretary of Defence.

Maybe 1000 people, more than 1000 people are already here under the summer sun right below Zelensky’s presidential office and I’m talking to them about this decision.

They basically say they are angry, confused. They say that Fedorov mainly represents openness, innovation and transparency, that he was very successful, and that those who got rid of him were the old forces, the Soviet-style forces, and this is essentially about two things.

One is a conflict Oleksandr Syrskyi, They claim that the commander-in-chief or his generals are involved in various corruption schemes. People are now saying leave Syrskyi out, keep Fedorov away.

And the other is merely personal rivalry; That Fedorov is very popular. He is 35 years young and is seen by some here as a future presidential leader. And Zelensky got rid of it for really obvious political reasons. At least that’s the criticism here.

On it there are words “for what?”, “Syrskyi out”, etc. There are posters and cardboard banners that say:

There is a young crowd here. This is only the second major demonstration since the large-scale invasion of Zelensky right on his doorstep.

And one last thing: Many people say this is a shame for Starmer. and if Starmer wants to become NATO secretary general in the future, he needs to discuss the Fedovor issue with Zelenskyy.

We’ll have to see if this is the case.