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Rustem Umierov

Ukraine's Defence Minister announces Capabilities Coalition following Ramstein meeting

Newly-appointed Defence Minister Umierov takes part in Ramstein meeting for first time

Ukraine's new Defence Minister holds his first telephone conversation with Pentagon chief

New Ukraine's Defence Minister plans to bring in new position of military ombudsman

Zelenskyy introduces new Defence Minister to Commander-in-Chief's Staff and National Security Council

Ukraine's former defence minister calls on foreign counterparts to support his successor

Pentagon anticipates conversation and meeting between Austin and Umierov very soon

Zelenskyy introduces his new Defence Minister: a strong and systematic person

Zelenskyy introduces Umierov, asks him to digitalise and strengthen trust in Defence Ministry

Ukraine's new Defence Minister's plans: electronic military ID card, single register of conscripts and digitalisation of military medical commissions

Fully-fledged audit and Ukrainian domestic defence production – new Defence Minister on Ukrainian MoD plans

Ukrainian parliament appoints Umierov as Defence Minister

New Defence Minister's candidacy emerged at last minute

Zelenskyy's fourth defence minister: why the president is replacing Oleksii Reznikov with Rustem Umierov

On 5 September, the Ukrainian parliamentremoved Oleksii Reznikov from the position of Defence Minister with a constitutional majority, and Zelenskyy nominated Rustem Umierov for the appointment of Minister of Defence. Ukrainska Pravda found out why this replacement took so long, what will happen to Reznikov, who else was applying for the position of the Defence Minister, and why the president opted for Umierov.

Zelenskyy officially proposes Umierov as defence minister, Crimean Tatar representative body asks for MPs' support