Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed appointing Mykhailo Fedorov, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, as the brand new defence minister.
Supply: Zelenskyy in his night handle on 2 January
Quote: "I’ve additionally determined to vary the working format of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.
I’ve proposed to Mykhailo Fedorov that he turn into the brand new minister of defence of Ukraine.
Mykhailo is deeply concerned within the points associated to the Drone Line and works very successfully on digitalising public companies and processes.
Along with all our army, the military command, nationwide weapons producers and Ukraine's companions, we should implement defence-sector adjustments that will probably be of assist."
Particulars: Zelenskyy mentioned that Fedorov would have the ability to implement all of the adjustments and add a stronger technological dimension.
The president added that he had proposed Denys Shmyhal, who at present heads the Ministry of Defence, to steer one other space that’s "equally necessary for our resilience".
Background:
- On 2 January, Zelenskyy signed decrees appointing Kyrylo Budanov as head of the President's Workplace and Oleh Ivashchenko as head of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.
- Earlier, Zelenskyy had thought-about Fedorov as a candidate for the publish of head of the President's Workplace.
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