Klymenko was initially offered the role of defense minister, but the plan was scrapped following major uproars calling for former Defense Minister Fedorov’s reinstatement.

Fedorov seen as a "barrier to interests seeking to profit from Ukraine’s vast wartime defense budget."

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