Zelenskiy's dismissal of Ukraine's defense chief triggers political crisis and protests

KYIV, July 16 (Reuters) - 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 Zelenskiy's reshuffle has fuelled 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 the capital Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities to demand he be reappointed and a senior commander of Kyiv's air war resigned.

The new government under energy executive Sergii Koretskyi was approved by a parliamentary vote on Thursday. It could see outgoing interior minister Ihor Klymenko replace Fedorov, lawmakers said, with the change coming at a critical moment in the war.

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