Cabinet appoints Tuka Deputy Minister for Occupied Territories

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has appointed Heorhii Tuka Deputy Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Hroisman has announced the corresponding decision at an extraordinary meeting of the Cabinet, Censor.NET informs citing 112 Ukraine TV channel.

"Please, proceed to the appointments of officials... The appointment of Heorhii Tuka as Deputy Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons," Hroisman announced.

Earlier, Poroshenko dismissed Tuka from the post of the Luhansk Regional Military and Civil Administration head.