The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyy rearranges the government as the war of his country with Russia more than three years after it started.
First Deputy Prime Minister and Economic Minister Yulia Svyrydenko has been tapped to lead the next government as Prime Minister. In the meantime, current Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal will serve as the next Minister of Defense of the country.
Chairman of the Swiss Confederation Viola Amherd with Beat Jans, Swiss Minister of Justice and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy with Yulia Svyrydenko, first vice -prime minister of Ukraine and their respective delegations, Holdzal -in -the -Keygations, Holdzateral Spratingen Bern, Switander. (Keystone/Alessandro della Valle/Pool via Reuters)
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Zenskyy mentioned Svyrydenko as his choice for prime minister in a position on X and said that the two met each other to discuss goals for the country.
“We have also discussed concrete measures to stimulate the economic potential of Ukraine, to expand support programs for Ukrainians and to scale up our domestic weapon production. When pursuing this goal, we are a transformation of the executive in Ukraine. Zelennaryy wrote on Monday.
In her own position, Svyrydenko thanked Zenskyy on X and explained the “priority tasks” defined by the president, including strengthening the economy, increasing the production of domestic weapons and expanding government support programs.
“These tasks can be achieved by tangible deregulation, the elimination of bureaucratic obstacles, the reduction of non-critical state expenses and duplication of functions within state institutions, wrote the protection of entrepreneurship and the full concentration of government sources for the defense of Ukraine and recovery after Hostneden,” Svyryenk.
Yulia Svyrydenko, the Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Minister, attends a press conference on the day of a meeting of EU trading ministers in Stockholm on March 10, 2023. (Caisa Rasmussen/TT News Agency/Via Reuters)
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In Ukraine, the president appoints the prime minister of the country, but the appointment must be approved by the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of the country, to become official.
On Tuesday, Zenskyy said that he held a meeting with Svyrydenko and Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for innovations, development of education, science and technologies Mykhailo Fedorov to discuss “important priorities” for the next government. These include what he has set out for Svyrydenko and “fully contract the required volumes of all types of drones” Ukra battle forces needed.
Soldiers of the 30th Prince Konstanty Ostrogski Mechanized Brigade Fire A rocket of a BM-21 Grad Multiple Rocket Launcher in the positions of Russian troops in the Donetsk direction, Ukraine, on 3 June 2025. (Ukinnel/Nurphoto via Getty images)
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The departing Prime Minister Shmyhal, who has played the role since 2020, will replace the current Ukrainian Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov, who reportedly provided Zenskyyy According to Reuters.
Zenskyy praised Shmyhal-the longest serving head of the country of the country since it became independence in 1991 his “enormous experience,” said reports.
