Ukraine's government has dismissed all six deputy defense ministers and the state secretary of the Defense Ministry, the cabinet's envoy in parliament, Taras Melnychuk, said on September 18. The removal of Deputy Defense Ministers Hanna Malyar, Volodymyr Havrylov, Rostyslav Zamlynskiy, Denys Sharapov, Andriy Shevchenko, Vitaliy Deineha, and the ministry’s state secretary, Kostyantyn Vashchenko, from their posts comes two weeks after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy fired Oleksiy Reznikov from the post of defense minister and nominated Rustem Umerov to the post. Lawmakers approved that nomination on September 6. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, click here.
Ukrainian Government Dismisses All Six Deputy Defense Ministers
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