Zelenskyy changes composition of Staff

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree on changes in the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. He took the former head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Dmytro Kuleba out of it.

In accordance with the decree, the following were added to the Staff:

• Vice Prime Minister for the Restoration of Ukraine - Minister of Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine Oleksii Kuleba;
• Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha;
• Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine Herman Smetanin.

At the same time, Oleksandr Kamyshin, an external adviser to the President of Ukraine on strategic issues, was approved as a member of the Staff.

The former head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, was excluded from the Staff.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on August 30, the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief decided that the head of Ukrenergo Volodymyr Kudrytskyi should resign from his post.

On September 4, Kuleba submitted a resignation letter to the Verkhovna Rada. On September 5, the Verkhovna Rada accepted the resignation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba.

Also, on September 4, a meeting of the monomajority fraction took place, at which personnel renewal was considered and in which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part.