Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a major reshuffle of the government on Sunday, proposing the replacement of Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko and the heads of some law enforcement agencies.
“I am grateful to (Svyrydenko) for her clear, steady, and effective work… and I have offered her the opportunity to lead a new and important area of relations with a key partner,” Zelensky said on X, without elaborating.
The announcement comes after Russia fired a wave of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, killing at least four people.
The Russian strikes came a day before Ukraine’s allies were set to meet in Paris for talks on pressuring Russia to end its more than four-year war.
Three people were killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region overnight, including two in a strike on an “industrial enterprise” in the city of Kryvyi Rig, regional officials said.
A separate drone attack on the southern city of Kherson killed a 48-year-old, mayor Yaroslav Shanko reported.
Ukraine’s air defenses have come under strain from repeated Russian ballistic missile strikes in recent weeks.
The United States this week gave Ukraine permission to build US-designed Patriot air defense systems capable of downing Russian ballistic missiles, but it may be months before they enter production. (AFP)
