Zelenskyy backs new acting defence minister over long-range operations experience and makes no mention of protests in his evening address

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, commenting on his decision to appoint Yevhen Khmara as acting Defence Minister, has made no mention of the mobilisation issues he had criticised ex- defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov for.

The president also ignored the protests and public calls to bring Fedorov back to the ministry. ...