Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal may become the new Minister of Defense, replacing Rustem Umerov, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his evening address. The head of the Ukrainian state reminded that today he proposed to First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko to lead the government and renew its work based

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday he had nominated first deputy prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko to lead his cabinet and “significantly renew its work”, in the most notable shake-up of his government since Russia’s full-scale invasion.