Zelenskyy linked the defense leadership change to accelerating military technology: Zelenskyy said Ukraine must counter Russia’s advantage in the scale of strikes and assaults with more active use of technology, faster development of new weapons, and new tactics to save soldiers’ lives.

Corruption and procurement reform were raised as constraints beyond digitalization: Oleksandr Hara said digitalization alone cannot eradicate bribery and argued that procurement reform and broader state administration changes were needed, plus civilian control via a general inspectorate under parliamentary supervision.

Commentators differed on whether Fedorov can overcome Defense Ministry bureaucracy: Mykola Davydiuk and Ihor Reiterovych said Fedorov’s administrative track record and outsider status could enable change, while Tetiana Nikolayenko and Oleksandr Hara expressed skepticism about leadership churn and unresolved structural issues.