Zelenskyy says he approves appointment of over 30 new Ukrainian Ambassadors

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has approved over 30 decisions on the appointment of new Ukrainian Ambassadors.

He said this in his traditional evening video address.

"Today [December 20], with our diplomatic team, we have approved the list of new Ukrainian Ambassadors. I have approved more than 30 decisions. Among them are Nariman Dzhelyal - to Turkey, Aliona Hetmanchuk - as Ukraine's representative to NATO, Andrii Melnyk - as Ukraine's representative to the UN and others. These and other decrees will be issued soon, in accordance with diplomatic procedures," Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, as a result of the russian missile attack on Kyiv on Friday, December 20, the embassies of 6 countries were damaged: Albania, Argentina, Palestine, North Macedonia, Portugal and Montenegro. Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi called the strike by the aggressor country of russia on diplomatic institutions a barbaric attack.

It was previously reported that Australia decided to restore full operation of the embassy in Ukraine.