(VOVWORLD) -Six Ukrainian officials, including cabinet ministers, submitted their resignations on Tuesday, and a presidential aide was dismissed as the ruling party signaled that a major government reshuffle is underway.
 The Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev. (Photo: AFP/VNA) |
Several Ukrainian ministers had already submitted their resignations by Tuesday evening, including the Minister for Strategic Industries, the Minister for Justice, and the Minister of Environmental Protection. The head of Ukraine’s State Property Fund, Vitaliy Koval, also resigned, as did Deputy Prime Ministers Iryna Vereshchuk and Olga Stefanishyna. The deputy head of Zelensky’s office and one of the president’s top aides, Rostyslav Shurma, was meanwhile dismissed, according to a presidential decree.
Writing on Telegram, David Arakhamia, the parliamentary leader of the ruling Servant of the People party, said that a major government reset can be expected this week and more than 50% of the Cabinet of Ministers staff will be changed.
Zelensky has ordered several reshuffles since the conflict with Russia began, sacking his defence minister last September after a series of corruption scandals, and more recently, replacing his top commander amid setbacks on the battlefield. The Ukrainian leader’s first presidential term, which began in 2019, expired in May, but he has remained in office under martial law.