The man nominated to be Ukraine’s new defense minister is steeped in experience with special forces, drone technology, and the new ways of warfare.
But Yevhen Khmara has stepped into a role where he’ll need the political skills to manage potentially tense relations with the Ukrainian general staff amid ongoing protests against the removal of his predecessor, Mykhaylo Fedorov.
“We know that he comes from special ops with a very good track record,” Tymofiy Mylovanov, head of the Kyiv School of Economics, told RFE/RL, describing Khmara as “direct, straight, very technocratic…some people from the government have a crush on him.”
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