Volodymyr Zelenskyy

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy outlined the key tasks for the new defense minister in the war against Russia.

Ukraine has repatriated another 103 defenders from Russian captivity. Among those released are servicemembers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including the Territorial Defense Forces and the Navy, as well as the National Guard and the State Border Guard Service.

On Wednesday, August 19, another protest rally in support of Mykhailo Fedorov took place in Mariinsky Park near the Verkhovna Rada. The protesters are demanding that he be reinstated as Ukraine’s Minister of Defense so that he can continue the reforms he has initiated.

We’re seeing a revival of political life. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? I quickly jotted down seven criteria off the top of my head. If we see prospects for improvement based on these seven criteria, then it’s a good thing.

It remains unclear why the president dismissed Mykhailo Fedorov. But another question is just as important: why did Fedorov himself remain silent for so many years?

All of that is, of course, true and well and good. But. Elections during a war are impossible.

Fedorov’s video address calling for elections effectively marks the former defense minister’s move to the opposition. In the current situation, this is a response to the fact that the possibility of his return to the post of defense minister has been definitively ruled out. But now the stakes are rising.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy heard a report from First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal on the state of the power grid following the Russian attacks.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy submitted to the Verkhovna Rada nominations for the appointment of Yevhen Khmara as Minister of Defense and Andriy Sybiga as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Yuriy Gudymenko, head of the Public Anti-Corruption Council under the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, explained what is wrong with the appointment of Rustem Umerov as head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine.