The dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov as defense minister sparks protests across Ukraine. Russia launches a sixth ballistic missile attack on Kyiv this month, killing two people. The parliament votes to appoint a new cabinet, except for foreign affairs and defense ministers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ukraine\u2019s parliament accepted on Tuesday the resignation of Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko. This means the whole government resigns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ukraine\u2019s parliament voted on \u200bThursday to appoint Serhiy Koretskyi as a new prime minister. He was the chairman of the board at Ukraine\u2019s Naftogaz state-owned energy company. The MPs also voted to appoint most of the cabinet\u2019s ministers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Candidates for the positions of the ministers of defense and foreign affairs are the president\u2019s nominations. They were not part of the Thursday\u2019s voting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Outgoing Defense Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, writing in English on X on Wednesday said: \u201cIt has been a great honor to serve the Ukrainian people as the Minister of Defense.\u201d He also wrapped up his time in office, listing achievements. In a post to Facebook in Ukrainian he also outlined the failures. \u201c[We] launched a new structure, dismissed a lot of [civil servants] and started many processes. We should have been more decisive in dismissing people who blocked the changes,\u201d Fedorov said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Ukrainian news site Ukrainska Pravda, citing unnamed sources, and MP of the Golos (Voice) party Yaroslav Zheleznyak, at a meeting of the Servant of the People (Sluha Narodu) faction on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said he decided to replace Fedorov because of his conflict with Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskyi. Yet it was visible that \u201cdismissing Fedorov was an extremely difficult step for him,\u201d Ukrainska Pravda said. He said he \u201ccan no longer be choosing between Syrskyi and Fedorov,\u201d Zheleznyak said. Zelenskyi also said Fedorov had failed to reform territorial military recruitment centers, he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Economist said on Monday that Mykhailo Fedorov was trying to reform the army, while the generals were pushing back despite his successes in drone development and the army\u2019s digitalization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hundreds of people rallied in support of Fedorov close to the president\u2019s office in Kyiv on Thursday. Similar rallies took place in other cities across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking at a news conference on Thursday, Fedorov who has been part of the government team for seven years said Zelenskyi had not yet taken Syrskyi\u2019s side and the situation can be improved. He also said he had a conversation with Zelenskyi and does not consider their disagreement to be a conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fedorov said he and Zelenskyi have long worked as a team and have \u201cnever failed each other.\u201d Yet each of them now has their own view of the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fedorov said Zelenskyi\u2019s decision to remove him followed complaints about the defense ministry by a large number of people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen 90 per cent of people who have had problems after our work in the Ministry of Defense come to him, it is difficult for him as a manager to analyze all this and make right decisions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fedorov also said he believes Zelenskyi can still reverse his decision to remove him from office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe always make the right decision after we have made all the wrong ones. That\u2019s why I am convinced that the president hears the Ukrainian people, knows what to do and the situation will be 100 per cent corrected,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking at a news conference alongside outgoing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Kyiv on Thursday, Zelenskyi responded to the rallies taking place across the country in support of Fedorov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are fighting for freedom and democracy. People are doing what they want. They wanted to rally \u2014 and they were right to do so. I understand, hear and respond to what the public says,\u201d Zelenskyi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that Fedorov will stay in his team, and \u201cwe will discuss a little bit later in which capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Russia carried out a ballistic missile strike on Kyiv overnight on Thursday. Two people were killed and six others, including a 16-year-old boy, were injured. A series of loud explosions rocked the city. The missile debris fell in the Darnytskyi and Svyatoshynskyi districts of the capital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was the sixth ballistic missile attack on Kyiv \u200bin July alone. The previous strikes happened on July 2, 6, 8, 11 and July 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ukraine\u2019s State Emergency Service said a fire broke out \u200cin \u2060two storage buildings and nearby parked trucks in the Darnytskyi district, where the two people were killed. In the Svyatoshynskyi district, a \u2060fire broke out in a one-story warehouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ukrainian Parliament voted to appoint a new prime minister and most of his cabinet on Thursday. Serhiy Koretskyi previously served as chairman of the board at the Naftogaz state-owned energy company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Candidates for the positions of the ministers of defense and foreign affairs are the president\u2019s nominations. They were not part of the Thursday\u2019s voting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some of the ministers from the previous cabinet stay in office. The ministers in the new government are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n