Deputy head of the Ukrainian president’s office Kirilo Tymoshenko said on Tuesday that he had asked President Volodymyr Zelensky to remove him from his post as part of a wave of government resignations and dismissals. The move comes amid a corruption scandal that saw infrastructure deputy Vasyl Lozinskyi fired and detained for allegedly stealing $400,000 from the winter aid budget. Tymoshenko, 33, has been deputy head of the president’s office since 2019, overseeing regional and regional policy. He also worked with Zelensky during his election campaign, media and creative he oversaw content.
Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine Vyacheslav ShapovalovThe person in charge of supplying food and equipment to the army has also resigned, saying he and the ministry say “media accusations” of corruption are unfounded. A statement posted on the defense ministry’s website said Shapovalov’s resignation was a “worthy act” that would help maintain confidence in the defense ministry.
Deputy Attorney General Oleksiy Simonenko He was removed from his post and two deputy ministers resigned from the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine, according to the Office of the Prosecutor General – Vyacheslav Negoda When Ivan LukeryaThe heads of five local authorities were also reportedly dismissed. Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Kyiv, Sumi When Kherson.
Advisor to the President of Ukraine, Mihailo Podoljak, Said today’s personnel change showed Zelensky It responded to a “major public demand” that justice should apply to all. We see and hear, and he responds directly to a major public demand: justice for all.”
Zelensky He said on Monday that changes to the government, regions and security forces would be announced imminently after corruption allegations surfaced nearly a year after Russia’s invasion.
Germany just received PolandPolish Defense Minister officially requests re-export of Leopard tanks to Ukraine Marius Blaszczak Said.
final decision on whether Germany A senior foreign ministry official said on Tuesday that the permit would be granted at the chancellor’s office in Berlin. “It is clear that ultimately the decision will be made at the prime minister’s office, based on government consensus.” Tobias Lindnerthe Secretary of State for the Foreign Office, said at a defense conference in Berlin.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he was confident the alliance would find a solution soon after meeting with Germany’s defense minister on Tuesday. “At this crucial moment of the war, we must provide Ukraine with heavier and more advanced systems, and we must do it more quickly.
new german defense minister Boris Pistorius He said there was no disagreement among allies about sending heavy tanks to Ukraine and that Berlin would act quickly if there was a positive decision to do so. But he stressed that NATO should not be a party to the war in Ukraine.
German Defense Group Rheinmetall was able to deliver 139 Leopard tanks to Ukraine if needed. A company spokesperson told media group RND on Monday.
The Kremlin warned on Monday that the Ukrainian people would “pay the price” if the West decided to send tanks to help Kyiv. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said divisions in Europe over whether to provide tanks to Kyiv indicated growing “nervousness” within the NATO alliance. It also dismissed Washington’s announcement that it planned to impose sanctions on the Wagner Group, a Russian private mercenary.
FinlandMinister of Foreign Affairs of Pekka Harvest It has suggested that talks with Turkey over Finland’s ambitions to join NATO alongside Sweden may be put on hold.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell outlined the EU’s new military aid package to Ukraine worth 500 million euros after the bloc’s 27 foreign ministers met in Brussels on Monday. The package was approved with an additional €45 million for the EU’s military training mission to Ukraine. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Syart said Hungary would not block the EU move.
Russiaambassador to Japan Estonia, Vladimir Lipaevaccused the West of arming the Baltics with weapons capable of attacking St. Petersburg.
According to the UK Ministry of Defense, the Russian military continues to “endure operational deadlocks and heavy casualties”. Monday’s Defense Ministry update also said the new disciplinary measures introduced by Valery Gerasimov, Russia’s Chief of General Staff and newly appointed commander-in-chief in Ukraine, specifically respond to the decision to ban soldiers from wearing them. Beard.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said Russia is willing to negotiate with Ukraine in the early days of the civil war, but the US and other Western countries have made recommendations to Kyiv to the contrary. Lavrov said during a meeting with Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor a month before the South African military was scheduled to visit South Africa on Monday to host joint military exercises with Russia and China on the east coast. On Tuesday Lavrov visited Eswatini.
Germany began moving Patriot air defense systems into Polish territory near the Ukrainian border on Monday. A location deployed to prevent stray missile attacks. Berlin made his three-proposition to deploy Patriot forces in Poland after two of his men were killed when Ukrainian stray missiles hit a Polish village. Pshewodov in November.
Andrei Medvedev, the former commander of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, who recently fled to Norway, has been arrested by police. he told the Guardian on Monday. Medvedev’s Norwegian lawyer, Brinjulf Lisnes, said police had decided to arrest Medvedev on Sunday night.
