Cabinet Approves Dismissal Of Heads Of Luhansk, Odesa And Khmelnytskyi Regional Administrations

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the dismissal by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the heads of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhii Haidai, Odesa - Maksym Marchenko, Khmelnytskyi - Serhii Hamalii.

The representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnychuk announced this on the Telegram channel, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

"The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the dismissal of: Haidai Serhii Volodymyrovych from the post of the head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration; Marchenko Maksym Mykhailovych from the post of the head of the Odesa Regional State Administration; Hamalii Serhii Viacheslavovych from the post of the head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional State Administration," he wrote.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, Zelenskyy appointed Haidai Luhansk governor in October 2019.

Marchenko was appointed the head of the Odesa Regional State Administration in March 2022.

Hamalii served as the chairman of the Khmelnytskyi Regional State Administration since December 2022.

Verkhovna Rada Member from the European Solidarity faction Oleksii Honcharenko said that Haidai is planned to be appointed ambassador to Kazakhstan.