Rare protests erupted in Ukraine on Thursday over the dismissal of defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov as a dispute between the reformer and Kyiv¡¯s top general spilled into the open during the president¡¯s second overhaul of his wartime cabinet in a year.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy¡¯s reshuffle has fueled public anger over his exclusion of Fedorov, a 35-year-old tech expert who has aimed to reshape Kyiv¡¯s ?outmanned army into a more efficient fighting force to take on Russia.

Hundreds of people took to the streets in Kyiv and ?other Ukrainian ?cities to demand an explanation, and a senior commander of Kyiv¡¯s air war resigned.