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Ukraine's parliament appointed Mykhailo Fedorov as defense minister with 277 votes. He will conduct a financial audit of the Defense Ministry due to a 300 billion hryvnia budget shortfall. Fedorov plans reforms in troop training and recruitment.

He replaces Denys Shmyhal, who served for six months. Shmyhal's planned appointment as energy minister was not approved by parliament. Fedorov, at 35, is the youngest defense minister in Ukraine's history and was previously the minister of digital transformation.