How Zelensky made a rival

President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to have miscalculated.

By dismissing the widely popular Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, he created two problems at once: he triggered a political crisis that continues to spill onto the streets, and transformed a loyal ally into a political opponent whose popularity now rivals his own.

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