A march was held in Kyiv for Fedorov’s return to the Ministry of Defense
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A protest march demanding the reinstatement of Mykhailo Fedorov as Minister of Defense took place in central Kyiv on the evening of July 31. Traffic was temporarily restricted due to the action, and participants observed a minute of silence for those who died in the war.
This is reported by the Anti-Corruption Center.
At around 7:00 p.m., participants of the action gathered near the monument to Taras Shevchenko in the park of the same name. According to the organizers, about 1,000 people took part in the march. A column with a 25-meter flag of Ukraine set off through the center of the capital, through Khreshchatyk, towards Ivan Franko Square and the President’s Office.
During the march, the protesters walked along the roadway, temporarily halting the movement of cars and public transport on the route. According to the organizers, drivers honked their horns in support of the protesters.
On Khreshchatyk, the marchers stopped, sat on the road, and observed a minute of silence in memory of those who died in the Russian-Ukrainian war. After that, the column continued its movement along the city’s central street.
The organizer of the action, Dmytro Kozyatynsky, stated that the participants expect from the authorities a political dialogue and a clear vision of further changes in the military sphere. According to the organizers, the demand to return Mikhail Fedorov to the Ministry of Defense is connected with the need to continue defense reforms.
The current march was a continuation of the protests that began on July 16 after the dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov from the post of Minister of Defense. Similar actions were also announced for July 31 in Lviv, Dnipro, Odessa, Vinnytsia, Poltava and other cities of Ukraine.
It is worth adding that on July 16, the first rallies in support of former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov took place in a number of Ukrainian cities . People took to the streets after the decision to dismiss him, calling on the authorities to reconsider the personnel changes.
As a reminder, President Volodymyr Zelensky decided to dismiss Mykhailo Fedorov from the position of Minister of Defense due to a long-standing conflict with the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky.
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