2023-09-04 09:09:22
2023-09-04 17:09 Compiled by United Daily News Mao Yi / real-time report
After Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky named on the 3rd that he would replace Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov, the 57-year-old defense minister, who had been in charge of Ukraine’s defense before the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war in February last year, sent a letter to Ukraine on the 4th. The Speaker of the House of Representatives tendered his resignation. Archyde.com reported on the 4th that this is the most significant personnel change in the top defense leadership of the Zelensky government since the Russia-Ukraine fierce war nearly 19 months ago.
On the evening of the 3rd, Zelensky announced that he had decided to replace his “wartime defense minister” and nominated Umelov, the current head of the Ukrainian National Property Fund, to take over.
In his resignation letter, Reznikov reviewed his 22-month defense minister since November 2021, and praised Ukraine’s tenacious resistance to the Russian army, as well as the Ministry of Defense he led, in order to gain Lobbying hard for indispensable military aid to Ukraine.
Reznikov’s resignation letter posted on social media X (formerly Twitter) wrote that “more than 50 percent of the Ukrainian territory temporarily occupied by Russia has been liberated.” Ukraine’s defenders are advancing every day; people from all walks of life Understand Ukraine as the “shield of eastern Europe”.
It is said that Reznikov has another appointment and may go to London to take over as Ukrainian ambassador to the UK. He has said one of the Ukrainian government’s key priorities is to build long-term partnerships with key allies and to secure “real security guarantees” from those allies for Kiev.
During the Russia-Ukraine War, the Ministry of Defense led by Reznikov suffered scandals related to the procurement of food and clothing, and several military aid NGOs accused the Ministry of not simplifying bureaucratic red tape and procedures as much as possible. He denied any illegal acts, and said in the aforementioned resignation letter that he had made reforms to defense procurement and purchase procedures during his tenure, and that the tasks and tasks assigned to him when he took office had been “fully accomplished.”
Outgoing Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov.Archyde.com Ukraine Russia Russo-Ukraine war Zelensky Kiev
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