On 16 July, hundreds of protesters marched in central Kyiv and similar rallies occurred in Dnipro and Odesa after President Zelenskyy dismissed Defense Minister Fedorov as part of a wider cabinet change. Parliament accepted Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko's resignation and approved Serhii Koretskyi, former Naftogaz head, as replacement. Zelenskyy provided no public reason for the dismissal, which marked Ukraine's fourth government reshuffle since the 2022 invasion.