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Zelenskyy Appoints Khmara Amid Strategic Defense Reforms
Zelensky said Khmara will keep current defense programs running and push direct brigade funding, personnel changes and more drones for the National Guard.
- On Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Yevhen Khmara, head of the Security Service of Ukraine, as acting Defense Minister. The two discussed enforcing long-range strikes against Russian targets and Ukraine's military equipment needs.
- Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov was dismissed Wednesday after a seven-month tenure, with reports citing friction with Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky as a possible factor. His departure followed Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko's resignation.
- Spontaneous protests erupted Thursday morning in Lviv, Kyiv, Ternopil, Vinnytsia, and Kharkiv after the public learned Fedorov would not join the new Cabinet of Ministers.
- Zelenskyy said, "once the necessary legal procedures have been observed, I will turn to parliamentarians for support of Yevhenii Khmara for the post of Minister of Defense of Ukraine." Khmara will prioritize delivering long-range strike capabilities to combat brigades.
- Under succession rules, Khmara's senior deputy Oleksandr Poklad is expected to become acting head of the Security Service. Activists have accused Poklad of fabricating political cases and leading attacks on the National Anti-Corruption Bureau.
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