Top and strategic ministers in the war turned Ukraine have submitted their Resignation amid planned by president Vladimir Zelensky to reshuffled cabinet.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has submitted his resignation, the country’s parliamentary speaker announced Wednesday, marking the latest major change in Kyiv’s leadership amid the largest government shake-up since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
The reorganization of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s wartime administration comes at a critical moment for Ukraine, as Russian forces push forward in the east and unleash a new wave of attacks on cities. Overnight into Wednesday, seven people were killed by strikes in the western city of Lviv, which is normally far from the fighting and attacked less frequently than others.
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During a news briefing Wednesday, Zelensky praised the government team but said, “Today, we need new energy, and these steps are related to strengthening our state in various directions.”
Thirty months into Russia’s invasion, Kyiv is searching for new ways to gain an upper hand as Moscow pushes forward in the east. Zelensky has said he plans to present a “victory plan” on an upcoming visit to the United States, where the presidential election in November could affect the future of a partnership that has ensured Ukraine’s defense.
“Autumn will be extremely important for Ukraine. And our state institutions should be configured so that Ukraine achieves all the results that we need for all of us,” Zelensky said in his nightly address on Tuesday.
Kuleba, who has served as foreign minister since 2020, was a key voice in Ukraine’s drive to obtain foreign weapons from allies and to push partners to loosen restrictions on how those weapons are used, particularly to combat such bombardments.
In the spring, he led a push to find Patriot air defense batteries that were sitting unused in foreign countries and try to get them moved to Ukraine, speaking bluntly to express the dangers of delays in such deliveries.
Ruslan Stefanchuk, speaker of Ukraine’s parliament, posted a photo of a handwritten letter dated Wednesday in which Kuleba asked lawmakers “to accept my resignation from the post of the minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine.”
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The day before, several other high-ranking Ukrainian officials also submitted their resignations, including arms chief Oleksandr Kamyshin, who has overseen Ukraine’s efforts to produce weapons domestically; Justice Minister Denys Maliuska, who led a program to recruit convicts to the military; Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, who was responsible for the reintegration of occupied territories; and Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna, who has overseen Ukraine’s push to join the European Union.
Environment Minister Ruslan Strilets and Vitaliy Koval, head of Ukraine’s state property fund, also resigned.
Some of those officials are expected to take up new posts in the coming days.
Meanwhile, Russia has intensify attacks on hotels housing NATO operatives.
The yesterdays overnight, Russian attack have targeted another hotel full of NATO personnel in Lviv, Ukraine.
The attack comes just a day after the Russians blew up a hotel in Poltava full of NATO instructors and Ukrainian military personnel that left around 700 dead and injured, geopolitics and war monitoring journalist “Megatron_ron” reports
Source: Washington Post