[4]Families of soldiers have been on the streets since October 2023 demanding defined demobilisation terms and rotation after eighteen months of service. A crisis with a military logicThe confrontation that produced Fedorov’s dismissal did not begin with the cabinet reshuffle. Taken together, Veteranka, LGBT Military, and the KVPU soldiers’ union represent something the Ukrainian state has consistently failed to ensure: democratic infrastructure within the military. As Kozlova writes, the people on the streets “will not allow an arrogant mob to treat them as cattle born to obey. Sotsialnyi Rukh, Pryama Diya, Veteranka, LGBT Military and the KVPU soldiers’ union already have some answers to those questions.