Serhii Koretskyi, current CEO of Naftogaz of Ukraine (the country's largest state-owned oil and gas company) and a nominee for prime minister, has said the next winter could be even more difficult, adding that preparations for it would be one of the key tasks for the new government.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with Naftogaz CEO Serhii Koretskyi and offered him the post of prime minister. Koretskyi said he is willing to take on the role.

Naftogaz CEO Serhii Koretskyi is set to become Ukraine's next prime minister, a senior Ukrainian official and a person familiar with the matter told the Kyiv Independent. The…

Koretskyi's Cabinet is expected to be appointed later on July 16.