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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced a major reshuffle in his government. Yulia Svyrydenko is the new prime minister, outgoing PM Denys Shmyhal takes over defence, and he has nominated Olga Stefanishyna as the new US ambassador.
Yulia Svyrydenko was made Ukraine's new prime minister and Olga Stefanishyna got the plum role of U.S. ambassador (after Republican resistance in Washington helped push out her predecessor), while many of their colleagues were reassigned to new posts as the national parliament voted through the changes Thursday afternoon.
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The New Voice of Ukraine on MSN‘Critics sidelined, allies protected’: FT publishes sharp piece on Zelenskyy’s office after raids on Kubrakov and ShabuninThe outlet analyzed the criminal cases opened against Vitalii Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC), and former Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov. Politicians, activists,
Ukraine’s president says Stefanishyna to work in this capacity while procedures are ongoing to approve her candidacy to be Kyiv’s new ambassador to US - Anadolu Ajansı
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U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly said during his campaign he would be able to end the war between Russia and Ukraine “in 24 hours” upon taking office.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met U.S. special envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg on Monday in the capital Kyiv, where they discussed boosting Ukraine's air defenses and Kyiv buying weapons with European help.
Politicians, activists and diplomats accuse Ukraine’s leader of favouring loyalists and using wartime powers against critics
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the decision to appoint Olha Stefanishyna, who in the government of Denys Shmyhal held the position of Vice Prime