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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy connected Friday (January 2, 2025) said helium intended to regenerate his Defence Minister and had offered the presumption to his existent Minister of Digital Transformation, who is aged conscionable 34.
“I person decided to alteration the operation of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence,” Mr. Zelenskyy said successful his regular code broadcast connected societal media. “I person offered Mikhailo Fedorov the presumption of caller Ukrainian Defence Minister.”
Mr. Fedorov, who has been the Minister of Digital Transformation since 2019, is simply a comparatively caller governmental figure, little-known to the Ukrainian public.
“Mykhailo is profoundly progressive successful issues related to drones and is precise effectual successful the digitalisation of authorities services and processes,” Mr. Zelenskyy added.
Without explaining his determination to regenerate Denys Shmyhal, the Ukrainian person said helium had projected the incumbent “head different country of authorities enactment that is nary little important for our stability”.
Mr. Zelenskyy had tapped Shmyhal arsenic Defence Minister conscionable fractional a twelvemonth ago, successful July 2025.
Besides the turnover astatine the Defence Ministry, Mr. Zelenskyy besides named Ukrainian subject quality main Kyrylo Budanov to caput his statesmanlike office.
Mr. Budanov replaces Andriy Yermak, who was among Ukraine’s astir almighty radical earlier being engulfed successful a corruption ungraded dogging immoderate of Mr. Zelenskyy’s erstwhile allies.
