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SecondWar 23 hours ago
shavenferret said:

It has been a wild week with Ukraine’s military politics. So, Ukraine’s defense minister fedorov got sacked due to his criticism of head general Syrsky, and criticism of corruption. Then, massive protests have occurred. I believe zelensky reinstated fedorov so that there wouldn’t be a revolt. Now, they might be looking to replace commander Syrsky because he has this old Soviet sort of mentality towards fighting (heavy on artillery) when they want to win without excessive casualties.

Where has it been confirmed that Fedorov has been reinstated?



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shavenferret 15 hours ago
SecondWar said:
shavenferret said:

It has been a wild week with Ukraine’s military politics. So, Ukraine’s defense minister fedorov got sacked due to his criticism of head general Syrsky, and criticism of corruption. Then, massive protests have occurred. I believe zelensky reinstated fedorov so that there wouldn’t be a revolt. Now, they might be looking to replace commander Syrsky because he has this old Soviet sort of mentality towards fighting (heavy on artillery) when they want to win without excessive casualties.

Where has it been confirmed that Fedorov has been reinstated?

He hasn’t been, I just looked at the latest articles and they are still protesting in favor of fedorov. 



shavenferret 15 hours ago

Ukraine has struck two warehouses of Wildberries because they ship military hardware like optical for guns and body armor. They are basically the Amazon of Russia and this attack will piss the Russian people off. How often do you buy something off of Amazon or do American business need something from Amazon? The Russians will get pretty frustrated if their warehouses becomes more broadly targeted.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkrainianConflict/s/aFyOpqKbWJ



Qwark 5 hours ago
shavenferret said:
SecondWar said:

Where has it been confirmed that Fedorov has been reinstated?

He hasn’t been, I just looked at the latest articles and they are still protesting in favor of fedorov. 

Firing Fedorov was basically a gift to Russia and to criticasters of a Ukraine EU-membership. Firing the minister for wanting to fight corruption is a pretty clear signal that the Ukrainian governemt doesn't really want to be less corrupt.



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shavenferret 1 hour ago
Qwark said:
shavenferret said:

He hasn’t been, I just looked at the latest articles and they are still protesting in favor of fedorov. 

Firing Fedorov was basically a gift to Russia and to criticasters of an Ukraine EU-membership. Firing the minister for wanting to fight corruption is a pretty clear signal that the Ukrainian governemt doesn't really want to be less corrupt.

Ehhhh, I definitely want to agree with the first statement. But Zelensky didn’t (and still doesn’t) have an easy decision whether he fires one or the other. I think he probably favored Syrsky because he’s more entrenched at this point with more allies.