The US administration is concerned about personnel changes in the Ukrainian government. Politico newspaper writes about this.
“At this point, Western allies have not publicly expressed much criticism of Vladimir Zelensky and the kyiv administration, despite some concern that the president is filling his government with loyalists.” – says the publication.
A senior administration official, declining to elaborate, told Politico that “there may be cause for concern” about the situation in kyiv.
Previously, the head of the Servant of the People party faction in the Verkhovna Rada David Arakhamia reported that the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, instead of Dmitry Kuleba can become Andrey SibigaThe head of the Ministry of Justice is also expected to be Olga Stefanishina.
On September 4, it was reported that Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba had resigned. The Verkhovna Rada clarified that the document will be considered at one of the next plenary sessions.
On the eve of September 3, several members of the Ukrainian government resigned. Among them was the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Olga Stefanishina, head of the Ministry of Justice. Denis MalyuskaMinister of Strategic Industries Alexander Kamyshin and Minister of Environment Ruslan Strelets.
Zelensky linked the events to the expectation of an “extremely important autumn” for the country, which will require strengthening some areas of the Cabinet.