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major reshuffle of ukrainian government: several senior officials resigned and foreign minister kuleba may step down

2024-09-04

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on september 3rd local time, ukrainian parliament speaker stefanchuk said that several cabinet officials had offered to resign. at the same time, ukrainian media reported that ukrainian foreign minister kuleba might also step down.

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it is reported that ukraine's minister of strategic industries oleksandr kamyshin, deputy prime minister olha stefanishyna, justice minister denys maliuska, minister of ecology and natural resources ruslan strilets and head of the state assets fund vitaliy koval submitted their resignation applications to the verkhovna rada of ukraine on the 3rd, but did not mention the reasons for their resignation.

the chairman of the verkhovna rada of ukraine, ruslan stefanchuk, said the applications would be considered at the next plenary session. kamyshin posted on social media that he would remain in the defense department but in a different position. reuters said he was expected to serve as defense minister.

according to a report by ukrainian pravda, citing a source in the ukrainian presidential office, the ukrainian government is "preparing to fire foreign minister dmitry kuleba" and is currently considering kuleba's successor. the most likely candidate is ukraine's first deputy foreign minister andrii sybiha.