Zelenskyy sets out expectations for new defence minister

Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo: President’s Office

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has set out his expectations of Yevhenii Khmara as defence minister in his evening address, but made no mention of the searches carried out today at the home of Iryna Mudra, Deputy Head of the President's Office, by Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies.

Source: Zelenskyy in his evening address on 19 August

Quote: "My main task for Ukraine's defence minister in the current circumstances is to genuinely reconfigure our defence system, our production and procurement system, and our system for supplying the troops."

Zelenskyy sets out expectations for new defence minister

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