{
  "id": 1906473,
  "title": "Ousted Ukraine defence minister challenges Zelensky's leadership",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/ousted-ukraine-defence-minister-challenges-zelenskys-leadership",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T09:23:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260819-ousted-ukraine-defence-minister-challenges-zelensky-s-leadership"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ukraine’s ousted Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov called Tuesday for elections to be held even as the war against Russia continues, saying the country was gripped by a crisis of governance. The move by one of President Volodymyr Zelensky's most loyal and longstanding team members until recently could become the most significant internal challenge Zelensky has faced since Russia’s full-scale…",
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Egypt Independent",
        "title": "Ukraine’s ousted defense minister calls for wartime elections in bombshell address",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/ukraines-ousted-defense-minister-calls-for-wartime-elections-in",
        "published": "2026-08-19T08:04:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Ukraine's former defense minister calls for elections and denounces corruption, defying Zelensky",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/ukraines-former-defense-minister-calls-for-elections-and-denounces",
        "published": "2026-08-19T08:26:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ukrinform - Politics",
        "title": "Parliament appoints Sybiha as Ukraine's foreign minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/parliament-appoints-sybiha-as-ukraines-foreign-minister",
        "published": "2026-08-19T10:30:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}