KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated Sunday that defense minister Oleksii Reznikov will be changed this week with Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar legislator.
Zelenskyy made the statement on his authorities Telegram account, writing that brand-new management was required after Umerov “has gone through more than 550 days of major war.”
Later in his nighttime address, Zelenskyy stated he thinks “that the Ministry requires brand-new approaches and various formats of interaction both with the military and with society.”
“The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is well familiarized with this individual, and Umerov does not need extra intros. I anticipate support for this candidateship from parliament,” the president informed the country.
Umerov, 41, a politicalleader with the opposition Holos celebration, has served as head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine because September2022 He was included in the exchange of detainees of war, political detainees, kids and civilians, as well as the evacuation of civilians from inhabited areas. Umierov was likewise part of the Ukrainian delegation in settlements with Russia over the U.N.-backed grain offer.
In August, a scandal developed around the Ministry of Defense’s procurement of military coats. Ukrainian investigative reporters reported that the products were acquired at a cost 3 times greater than regular and that rather of winterseason coats, summerseason ones were purchased. In the customizeds files from the provider, the coats were priced at $29 per system, however the Ministry of Defense paid $86 per system. Reznikov rejected the accusations throughout a news conference last week.
U.S. President Joe Biden informed pressreporters in Delaware on Sunday that he’s conscious Zelenskyy had changed his defense chief. Asked if he had any remark, Biden stated, “not openly.”
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