Ukraine is set to replace Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov with the chief of its military spy agency in a reshuffle at the forefront of Ukraine's war campaign.
abc.net.au/news/ukraine-to-replace-defence-minister-in-wartime-reshuffle/101934344Ukraine is set to replace Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov with the chief of its military spy, agency in a reshuffle at the forefront of Ukraine's war campaign, according to a close ally of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Oleksii Reznikov, 56, became defence minister just a few months before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Mr Reznikov, 56, became defence minister in November 2021, just a few months before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. As a wartime defence minister, he has singled out Ukraine's "de facto" integration into the NATO military alliance as a top priority, even if joining the bloc is not immediately possible.But in recent weeks his own defence ministry became embroiled in a corruption scandal over an army food contract that envisaged paying vastly inflated prices.
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