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Zelensky Announces Resignation of Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov
Zelensky Announces Resignation of Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov
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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy announced Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov will leave his post and the chief of the Ukrainian State Property Fund, Rustem Umerov, will stand in his place.
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The exact date of when Rustem Umerov's candidacy will be submitted to the Ukrainian parliament has not been revealed.On August 19, Reznikov said that he was ready to stand down amid a dispute over inflated military catering costs. Zelensky was reportedly looking to replace Reznikov after the defense minister came under fire over allegations of corruption that have been dogging the Ukrainian government since January.The change of defense minister in Ukraine, while it may not be a sign of direct distrust of the current army leadership on the issue of the so-called counter-offensive of the Ukraine military forces, nevertheless might rise questions regarding the efficiency of Western support to Ukraine's army.
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Zelensky Announces Resignation of Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Sunday that Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov will leave his post, saying that the chief of the Ukrainian State Property Fund, Rustem Umerov, will head the country's defense department.
"Oleksii Reznikov has gone through more than 550 days of a full-scale war. I believe that the [defense] ministry needs new approaches and other formats of interaction with both the military and society in general. Rustem Umerov is set to head the ministry now ... I expect the parliament to support this candidacy," Zelensky said in a video address on Telegram.
The exact date of when Rustem Umerov's candidacy will be submitted to the Ukrainian parliament has not been revealed.
On August 19, Reznikov said that
he was ready to stand down amid a dispute over inflated military catering costs. Zelensky was reportedly looking to replace Reznikov after the defense minister came under fire over
allegations of corruption that have been dogging the Ukrainian government since January.
21 August 2023, 19:12 GMT
Rustem Umerov was born in 1982. He received a Bachelor's degree in economics and a Master's degree in finance from the Ukrainian National Academy of Management. He has been the Chairman of the Ukrainian State Property Fund (implements state policy in the areas of privatization, lease, use and alienation of state property, management of state property) since 2022.
The change of defense minister in Ukraine, while it may not be a sign of direct distrust of the current army leadership on the issue of the
so-called counter-offensive of the Ukraine military forces, nevertheless might rise questions regarding the
efficiency of Western support to Ukraine's army.
