Defense minister Oleksii Reznikov will be replaced this week with Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar lawmaker. Umerov has served as head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine since September 2022.
Soldiers of Ukraine's 3rd Separate Assault Brigade shout slogans as they stand in line near Bakhmut, the site of fierce battles with the Russian forces in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Sunday.Soldiers of Ukraine's 3rd Separate Assault Brigade shout slogans as they stand in line near Bakhmut, the site of fierce battles with the Russian forces in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Sunday.
Umerov, 41, a politician with the opposition Holos party, has served as head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine since September 2022. He was involved in the exchange of prisoners of war, political prisoners, children and civilians, as well as the evacuation of civilians from occupied territories. Umerov was also part of the Ukrainian delegation in negotiations with Russia over the U.N.-backed grain deal.
Zelenskyy's announcement came after two people were hospitalized following a 3½-hour Russian drone barrage on a port in Ukraine's Odesa region on Sunday, officials said.
Putin and Erdogan's long-awaited meeting is due to take place in Sochi on Russia's southwest coast on Monday. However, Russia broke away from the agreement after claiming that a parallel deal promising to remove obstacles to Russian exports of food and fertilizer hadn't been honored.
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