President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that he will propose the parliament to appoint Yevhen Khmara as defence minister. Khmara, the acting head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), has been tasked by the president with acting as Ukraine's defence minister in the interim.
Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter)
Quote: "I have tasked Yevhen Khmara with serving as acting minister, continuing to reform the defence sector, and ensuring that Ukraine achieves all of the results we have discussed. Once the necessary legal procedures have been completed, I will request that MPs support Yevhen Khmara's nomination for the position of Minister of Defence of Ukraine."
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Details: Zelenskyy said he had met with the SSU head and spoke of the existence of "a strategic vision for Ukraine's ongoing active efforts to defend our independence and force Russia into diplomacy".
