“The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, removed from the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief the ex-head of the SBU, Vasyl Malyuk, and approved the Minister of Defense, Mykhailo Fedorov, and the Minister of Energy, Denys Shmyhal.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: decree on the website of the Office of the President
Literally: “1) to approve the following persons in the staff of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief:
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Mykhailo Albertovych Fedorov – Minister of Defense of Ukraine
Shmyhal Denys Anatoliyovych – the first vice-premierʼJer–minister of Ukraine – ministr energy industry of Ukraine;
2) remove from the staff of the Headquarters the supreme commander Vasyl Malyuk”.
What preceded:
- January 14 The Verkhovna Rada supported the appointment of former First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov as the new Minister of Defense.
- Also On the second attempt, the Verkhovna Rada supported the appointment of Denys Shmyhal as First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Energy.
- Malyuku, after his dismissal from the position of head of the SBU, Mrthe resident instructed to make the direction of Ukrainian asymmetric operations “the strongest in the world”.
