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According to reports, a major change of government is expected this week.
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At least six Ukrainian officials, including cabinet ministers, tendered their resignations on Tuesday and a presidential aide was fired, as the ruling party signaled a sweeping government reshuffle.
The realignment comes as Kiev faces mounting challenges, including daily Russian bombardment, and as President Volodymyr Zelensky tries to rebuild confidence in the government two and a half years after Moscow invaded.
“As promised, a major government reshuffle can be expected this week. More than 50 percent of the Cabinet of Ministers’ staff will be replaced,” David Arakamia, head of the People’s Party’s ruling Servant faction, wrote on Telegram. will be given.”
“Tomorrow we will have a day of dismissals, and the day after that of appointments,” he said.
Several Ukrainian ministers had already tendered their resignations by Tuesday evening, including the Minister of Strategic Industries, the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Environmental Protection.
The head of Ukraine’s State Property Fund, Vitaly Koval, also resigned, as did Deputy Prime Ministers Iryna Vryshchyk and Olga Stefanyshina.
Rostislav Shurma, deputy chief of Zelenskyi’s office and one of the president’s top aides, was fired in the meantime, according to a presidential decree.
Zelenskiy has ordered several reshuffles since the start of the war, sacking his defense minister last September after a series of corruption scandals and recently replacing his top commander amid battlefield failures. .
The Ukrainian leader’s first presidential term, which began in 2019, ended in May but he remains in office under martial law.
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