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with the resignation of several senior officials, will the ukrainian government undergo a "major adjustment"?

2024-09-04

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according to a comprehensive report by china news service on september 4, on september 3 local time, ukraine's ruling party hinted that the government will undergo "major adjustments". at least six ukrainian officials, including cabinet ministers, have submitted their resignations, and one presidential assistant was dismissed.

image source: screenshot of the report from the ukrainian national news agency

"more than one-third of the cabinet is vacant"

according to afp, as of the evening of the 3rd local time, ukrainian strategic industries minister kamyshin, justice minister malyuska and ecology minister strelitsa had submitted their resignations. koval, head of the ukrainian state property fund, deputy prime minister vereshuk, and deputy prime minister and head of european and euro-atlantic integration affairs stefanishna had also resigned.

according to the ukrainian presidential decree, shulma, deputy director of the ukrainian presidential office and senior assistant to the president, was also dismissed.

in addition, the ukrainian pravda quoted sources as saying that ukrainian foreign minister kuleba will be dismissed and the candidate to replace kuleba is still under consideration.

reuters said that combined with the dismissal of several ministers earlier in 2024, this round of resignations of senior ukrainian officials will leave more than one-third of the ukrainian cabinet vacancies.