Zelensky says Klymenko will oversee "all components of the security and defence sector"

President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed former interior minister Ihor Klymenko to lead Ukraine’s national security and defence council, saying Klymenko would oversee the coordination of all security and defence elements, including weapons manufacturing. The move came after Zelensky dismissed popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, triggering rare wartime protests in Kyiv for a second day. Fedorov, credited with recent battlefield successes, had publicly accused military chief Oleksandr Syrskyi of undermining his work. Zelensky later nominated security official Yevhenii Khmara to replace Fedorov. The reshuffle, which also installed former energy executive Sergiy Koretskyi as prime minister, unfolds as Ukraine struggles with troop recruitment and air defence shortages while conducting long-range strikes on Russian targets.