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Former Ukraine Defence Minister calls for elections
Mykhailo Fedorov, who was sacked last month, has called for war-time elections.
Ukraine's former defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, whose sacking last month prompted mass protests, has called for war-time elections, in an apparent challenge to President Zelensky.
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Presenters: James Copnall and Anne Soy.
(Photo: Ukraine's former minister of Defence Mykhailo Fedorov. Credit: Alina Smutko/Reuters).
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