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ukrainian media: ukrainian foreign minister kuleba will be dismissed, and his successor may be him

2024-09-04

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on september 3, ukrainian pravda reported, citing sources within the ukrainian presidential team, that ukrainian foreign minister kuleba would be dismissed.

it is reported that the candidate to replace kuleba as foreign minister is still to be determined, and the most likely successor is andri sibiga, the first deputy minister of the ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs.

according to russia today, rumors that kuleba was about to step down have been circulating since march, but he has always served as ukraine's foreign minister and continued to ask the west for assistance to counter russia.

last week, kuleba asked the eu to make a "bold decision". he told eu foreign ministers: "if the decision (of aid) is made, ukraine will succeed on the battlefield. if they (eu countries) do not act, then do not blame ukraine, blame yourself."

on august 28, local time, kuleba visited a school in olsztyn, poland, and met with young people together with polish foreign minister sikorski. an audience member raised the question of excavating the remains of the victims of the volyn massacre. in answering this question, kuleba referred to part of poland's territory as "ukrainian land." his remarks were considered offensive to poland, which is one of the key western countries providing aid to ukraine.