{"id":1339965,"date":"2026-01-03T13:02:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T11:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/zelenskys-insurance-policy-what-budanovs-appointment-means\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T13:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T11:02:52","slug":"zelenskys-insurance-policy-what-budanovs-appointment-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/zelenskys-insurance-policy-what-budanovs-appointment-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky&#8217;s &#8220;insurance policy&#8221;: what Budanov&#8217;s appointment means"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The United States is closely monitoring the personnel changes in the Ukrainian government, seeing the appointment of Kyrylo Budanov as head of the President&#8217;s Office as a new stage in relations with Washington. At the same time, this may have a political basis related to the upcoming electoral processes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This opinion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IU0daNJzf6g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was expressed<\/a> on the air of &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221; by Oleksandr Krayev, an expert of the Foreign Policy Council &#8220;Ukrainian Prism&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p> At the same time, the Western press reminds that the new head of the Office was trained within the framework of CIA programs and has an established reputation among the American military community, which could become a decisive factor in the event of a change of administration in the White House.<\/p>\n<p> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IU0daNJzf6g&#038;t=375s<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/imitation-instead-of-reality-what-to-expect-from-rotations-on-bankova\/\">Imitation instead of reality: what to expect from rotations on Bankova<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p> As Krayev noted, Budanov is an understandable and authoritative figure for American partners. According to him, such a step may be an attempt by Kyiv to find common ground with the Republicans, since the previous leadership of the Office was often perceived by the American side as toxic for both political camps.<\/p>\n<p> At the same time, according to the studio guest, the appointment of one of the most popular military leaders to a leadership position in the Office of the President may have a political basis related to the upcoming electoral processes.<\/p>\n<p> Thus, Krayev believes, Bankova is trying to consolidate around herself media figures with a high level of trust. &#8220;For Western media, this looks like Zelensky&#8217;s insurance policy for potential elections,&#8221; he noted.<\/p>\n<p> At the same time, the expert drew parallels with the situation surrounding Valery Zaluzhny, whose possible appointment to similar positions was previously actively discussed in the press. The involvement of Budanov in the President&#8217;s Office, according to Krayev, allows the authorities to bring an influential figure who has significant support from the population closer to them.<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" data-right>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/budanov-was-appointed-yermak-what-does-this-portend-for-us\/\">Budanov was appointed \u201cYermak\u201d: what does this portend for us?<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p> On the eve of the meeting, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met with Kirill Budanov and <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/zelenskyy-pryznachyv-kyryla-budanova-ochilnykom-ofisu-prezydenta\/\">offered him the position of head of the Office of the President<\/a> . The purpose of the appointment is to increase attention to security, the development of the Defense Forces and the diplomatic track in negotiations. Later, it became known that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/budanov-rozpoviv-na-chomu-zoseredytsia-v-ofisi-prezydenta\/\">Budanov accepted Zelensky&#8217;s offer<\/a> to head the Bank. He stated that he continues to serve Ukraine and considers the new position as another level of responsibility to the country.<\/p>\n<p> Budanov was appointed on January 2, 2026, following the resignation of Andriy Yermak, who left office in November amid a corruption scandal. His dismissal created a long personnel pause and deprived the president of a key political coordinator during a sensitive period of negotiations to end the war with Russia.<\/p>\n<p> Western journalists consider this decision to be key in view of possible negotiations with the United States and Budanov&#8217;s role in the dialogue with the American side. The New York Times emphasizes that the appointment of Kirill Budanov to the position of head of the Office of the President of Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/pryznachennia-kyryla-budanova-ochilnykom-ofisu-prezydenta-providni-svitovi-zmi-otsinyly-novyy-politychnyy-krok\/\">was highly appreciated by the international media<\/a> . Experts emphasize his strategic role in diplomatic and security processes, as well as close and long-standing contacts with the United States.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States is closely monitoring the personnel changes in the Ukrainian government, seeing the appointment of Kyrylo Budanov as head of the President&#8217;s Office as a new stage in relations with Washington. At the same time, this may have a political basis related to the upcoming electoral processes. This opinion was expressed on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1339840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76885],"class_list":["post-1339965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1339965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1339840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1339965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1339965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}