Protests in Ukrainian cities against Zelensky's removal of defence minister

The development

Ukraine's president has not explained Mykhailo Fedorov's dismissal, which is causing great upset among civil society and the military

What changes

BBC highlights this story because it changes the calculus for actors watching protests, ukrainian, cities, against, zelensky.

The setting

What precedes protests in ukrainian cities against zelensky's removal of defence minister, according to BBC, is a sequence of decisions that narrowed the range of possible outcomes.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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Signal Ledger on protests

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of protests, ukrainian, cities, against, zelensky: Ukraine's president has not explained Mykhailo Fedorov's dismissal, which is causing great upset among civil society and the military.