First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Kornienko believes that parliament will approve the appointment of Yevhen Khmara as defense minister during the next plenary session in mid-August. — Ukrinform.

Denys Shmyhal, who has been senior deputy prime minister (the Cabinet’s second-in-command) and energy minister since January, kept his position.

Zelensky’s plan for a government reshuffle, with the appointment of new prime minister Serhiy Koretskyi on Thursday, has been upset by the surprise dismissal of Defense Minister…