Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he has not yet submitted the candidacy of Ihor Klymenko, the former interior minister, for the post of defence minister to parliament, but believes he is capable of overcoming "shameful busification practices" during mobilisation. [Busification is the controversial practice of forced mobilisation in which recruitment officers detain men in public, often bundling them onto minibuses to transport them to enlistment offices – ed.]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is considering replacing the defence minister, with Interior Minister Klymenko potentially taking the place.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will not nominate Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov for the post of defence minister, as part of the government reshuffle.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he has not yet submitted the candidacy of Ihor Klymenko, the former interior minister, for the post of defence minister to…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, commenting on the planned changes at the Defence Ministry, has acknowledged that Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov and Commander-in-Chief…

Vote on Klymenko’s appointment could be delayed, suggesting the presidential team may not yet have secured enough support in the Verkhovna Rada.

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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…

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, commenting on his decision to appoint Yevhen Khmara as acting Defence Minister, has made no mention of the mobilisation issues he had criticised ex-…

President Volodymyr Zelensky moved to extinguish a political crisis on Thursday (local time) sparked by his dismissal of a reformist defence minister, tapping a security official…