The Rada will not vote for the Minister of Defense today: the candidate will be discussed separately at a faction meeting.
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The Verkhovna Rada will not consider the appointment of a new Minister of Defense of Ukraine today, July 16.
This was reported by Maria Mezentseva, a representative of the Servant of the People faction.
According to her, the vote on the candidate for the post of head of the Ministry of Defense will not take place on that day.
At the same time, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak announced that the appointment of the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Foreign Affairs will be brought up at a separate meeting of the Servant of the People faction, scheduled for 4:00 PM.
Previously, media and political circles had named current Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko as the leading contender for the position of Defense Minister. However, no official decision has yet been made on this candidate.
Reports from some media outlets regarding Igor Klymenko’s alleged resignation as Defense Minister have not yet been confirmed by official statements from Klymenko himself, the Office of the President, or the Verkhovna Rada.
As a reminder, the Verkhovna Rada appointed Serhiy Koretsky as Prime Minister of Ukraine: 289 deputies voted in favor.
As a reminder, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy decided to dismiss Mykhailo Fedorov from his post as Minister of Defense due to a long-running conflict with the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrskyy.
As reported, Andrius Kubilius, the European Commissioner for Defence and Space, called Mykhailo Fedorov’s resignation as Ukraine’s Minister of Defence “a big surprise.”
Incidentally, the European Solidarity faction called on Prime Minister candidate Sergei Koretsky to reinstate Mykhailo Fedorov in the new government and entrust him with security and defense matters.
Furthermore, Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Pavlo Yelizarov submitted his resignation. He cited the possible resignation of Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov as the reason for his decision and warned of the risk of a rollback in air defense reforms .
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