Today, August 18, the Verkhovna Rada, after a break, will not consider the issue of appointing the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, since President Vladimir Zelensky has not yet nominated a candidate for this position. According to several Suspilny interlocutors in parliament, there may now not be enough votes to appoint the current acting Minister of Defense Yevgeny Khmara due to the demands of some deputies to return Mikhail Fedorov to the post.

“For some deputies, this is not a question for or against Khmara, this is a question against Fedorov. People demand the return of Fedorov. It’s difficult to completely ignore this,” said one of the representatives of Servant of the People in a comment to Suspilny..

At the same time, Evgeniy Khmara remains an active serviceman. According to the Law “On National Security of Ukraine”, the Minister of Defense must be a civilian.

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Let us recall that on July 15, people’s deputies from the Servant of the People, after a meeting with Vladimir Zelensky, announced that the president would offer to head the Ministry of Defense to Igor Klimenko, who headed the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the government of Yulia Sviridenko.

On the same day, Mikhail Fedorov confirmed that he was leaving the post of Minister of Defense. After this, protests began in Kyiv and a number of other cities demanding his return to his position.. The rallies have been going on for more than a month.

On July 16, Zelensky said that he had instructed the former head of the Special Operations Center “A” Yevgeniy Khmara, who until now had been. Head of the SBU, temporarily acting as Minister of Defense of Ukraine.

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Zelensky said that he offered Fedorov several positions, in particular the post of Deputy Prime Minister for Military Innovation. According to ZN. UA, for him at Bankova they considered the role of “miltech czar” - coordinator of the development of military technologies.

Subsequently, Fedorov stated that he would not accept any position other than a ministerial one, since they would not provide sufficient authority to combat corruption in defense procurement, as well as to continue transforming the army and planning operations against Russia..

After the start of protests demanding his return to the Ministry of Defense, Fedorov confirmed that he was offered several positions, but called them “decorative”. He emphasized that he considers himself a manager capable of building systems and achieving results.

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Fedorov also said that the reason for his resignation was not only disagreements over the conduct of the war, but also his fight against corruption in the field of defense procurement. According to him, lobbyists for individual defense companies actively sought his dismissal..

Fedorov said that he does not intend to move into political opposition to Zelensky during the war. He added that he will not go to a rally with people demanding his reinstatement as Minister of Defense.

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The editor of the ZN internal politics department warned that Fedorov’s resignation is not just another personnel rotation, but the result of his systemic conflict with the military leadership and the president’s office’s concerns about the emergence of an overly independent player.. UA Inna Vedernikova.

She also wrote that the already former Minister of Defense was a “bone in the throat” for the ex-head of the OP Andrei Ermak, Zelensky, the head of his office and the head of the “servants” David Arakhamia. The latter, together with Ermak, according to media reports, is part of the “narrow circle” of the president, who advised against appointing Fedorov to the new Cabinet of Ministers.

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Ukraine is a monarchy. And uneducated. Having concentrated power in his hands, President Vladimir Zelensky has simultaneously reached the limit of his competence. He never decided to get rid of “his own”, reboot the system of public administration with professionals and give it a simple signal: “Don’t steal”.

What is more dangerous during war - the criminal actions of corrupt officials or the criminal inaction of loyal amateurs When these two poisons are in one bottle, the risk is no longer political. The risk is losing the war.

Why Ukraine found itself in this impasse and how to get out of it? The answers to these questions are in the article “Degeneration of Power”. How Zelensky reached his ceiling, and the public administration system reached the bottom” is looking for the editor of the ZN internal politics department. UA Inna Vedernikova.