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RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Fedorov says Ukraine’s army chief Syrskyi gave him an ultimatum, then blocked his reforms Mykhailo Fedorov built the drone force that reshaped Ukraine’s war. At a briefing on 16 July, a day after confirming he was leaving the Defense Ministry, he laid out what he says went wrong: Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi handed him an ultimatum, and the General Staff spent six months refusing to sign the papers needed to restructure the ministry, Militarnyi reported. Approving a basic plan to supply brigades with drones took four months, he said, and deliveries still ran on loyalty rather than need. He credited Syrskyi with saving the country in 2022 but said the w