Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday he had proposed replacing Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko as part of a major Cabinet reshuffle.
- Zelensky told reporters he offered Svyrydenko a new role to manage relations with a “key partner,” but he did not identify the post or the partner.
- No successor has been named and media and lawmakers have floated candidates including Denys Shmyhal, Mykhailo Fedorov, and Naftogaz head Serhii Koretskyi.
- Under Ukrainian law any change requires a parliamentary vote and a prime minister’s resignation would trigger the resignation of the entire government.
- Zelensky said the reshuffle would strengthen wartime governance and speed defence production and reconstruction, and he also signalled upcoming changes to law enforcement leadership that could shift security-sector management.