Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that he would replace his defence minister, Oleksiy Reznikov, in a move that marks the biggest change to his government since Russia launched its full-scale invasion last year.
Zelenskyy said he would replace Reznikov, who led Ukraine’s successful push for massive military assistance from western allies to resist Russia’s invasion, with Rustem Umerov, who currently runs the country’s agency in charge of privatisation.
“Oleksiy Reznikov has gone through more than 550 days of full-scale war. I believe that the ministry needs new approaches and other formats of interaction with both the military and society at large,” Zelenskyy said in a video address to the nation on Sunday evening.