Kyiv, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday announced he was replacing Kyiv's defence minister Oleksiy Reznikov, calling for
Kyiv, Ukraine – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday announced he was replacing Kyiv’s defence minister Oleksiy Reznikov, calling for “new approaches” in the ministry, a year and a half into Russia’s invasion.
His removal — announced in a video late in the evening — comes in the midst of Kyiv’s counteroffensive and during Ukraine’s general push against corruption in response EU requests.“Oleksiy Reznikov has been through more than 550 days of full-scale war,” Zelensky said in his daily evening address. He nominated Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar who has been head of the State Property Fund since last year, to replace Reznikov.