Ukraine’s new Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi has appointed acting heads of the defense and foreign affairs ministries as part of a wider government reorganization, following his own appointment by President Volodymyr Zelensky amid a cabinet reshuffle.Koretskyi, the former CEO of state-owned energy company Naftogaz, announced the appointments on Friday.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.“In agreement with President [Volodymyr Zelensky], the government has appointed Yevhen Khmara as acting Minister of Defense and Andrii Sybiha as acting Minister of Foreign Affairs,” Koretskyi said, adding that “it is important to maintain continuity of work in the spheres of defense and foreign policy.”Zelensky cites Khmara’s SBU strike-operations experienceZelensky named Khmara, the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), as acting Minister of Defense on Thursday, citing his experience running long-range strike operations against Russia and managing personnel at the Security Service of Ukraine’s (SBU) “Alpha” Special Operations Center.Even with the dismissal of former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov – widely regarded as the driving force behind Ukraine’s military modernization – Zelensky said Ukraine will continue advancing its existing initiatives to develop and strengthen the Defense Forces under Khmara’s leadership.Fedorov’s dismissal, however, sparked widespread backlash. On Wednesday evening, once it became clear he would not be part of the new Cabinet of Ministers, people began gathering for protests in Lviv, which also erupted in Kyiv, Ternopil, Vinnytsia, Kharkiv, and other cities by the following morning.