Zelenskyy announces further leadership reshuffles and meetings in Europe

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — 4 January, 20:19

Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the Cabinet of Ministers will meet on 5 January and there will be more changes in Ukraine's leadership. He also announced that next week meetings will take place in Europe that should help bring the end of the war closer.

Source: Zelenskyy in his evening address

Quote: "We are already preparing for the next diplomatic week as well – there will be meetings in Europe that must become yet another contribution to our defence and to hastening the end of the war.

Ukraine will be prepared for both possible paths ahead – diplomacy, which we are pursuing, or continued active defence if the pressure from our partners on Russia proves insufficient. Ukraine seeks peace. But Ukraine will not give up its strength to anyone. Thank you to everyone who works for our state and to those who defend Ukraine as they would defend themselves."

Details: Zelenskyy also said he had spoken with Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko.

"A meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is being prepared for tomorrow. It is important that the changes continue. Today, we also worked thoroughly on the security track. The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine will undergo changes, and we discussed the relevant directions for these changes with the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Ihor Klymenko. We will continue tomorrow," Zelenskyy said.

He also noted that the heads of Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Ternopil and Chernivtsi Oblast State Administrations are expected to be appointed next week.

Background:

On 4 January Zelenskyy appointed a new acting head of the State Border Guard Service, First Deputy Head Valerii Vavryniuk, replacing Serhii Deineko.
Zelenskyy signed decrees on 2 January appointing Kyrylo Budanov as head of the President's Office and Oleh Ivashchenko as head of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.
He has also proposed that Mykhailo Fedorov, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation, be appointed as the new defence minister.
On 3 January, Zelenskyy said he expected parliament to approve Denys Shmyhal as deputy prime minister and minister of energy.

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