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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he was sacking Reznikov and proposed Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar and ex-lawmaker who runs the State Property Fund, to replace him.
The current head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPFU) and former MP from the Holos parliamentary faction, Rustem Umerov, could replace Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov this week.
The fate of the defense minister, Oleksii Reznikov, had been the subject of increasing speculation in Ukraine. It was the biggest shake-up in Ukraine’s government since Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he will ask parliament this week to replace his Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov, who has been accused of graft. DW has the latest.
Exit of Oleksiy Reznikov is highest-level change since Russia’s invasion in February 2022.