Zelenskyy faces deepening political crisis as protests dig in

KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) -- As protestors gathered in Ukraine for another demonstration against the ousting of a reformist defense minister, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was facing one of the most urgent political crises of the Russian invasion.

The protests sparked by the dismissal of popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who repeatedly clashed with the army's top command, are now in their fifth day -- making them the longest sustained demonstrations and the most directly related to the war.

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