Khmara has been appointed Minister of Defence of Ukraine. VIDEO

The Verkhovna Rada has approved the appointment of Yevhen Khmara as Ukraine’s Minister of Defence.

This was reported by Censor.NET.

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The decision was backed by 312 MPs.

On 14 July, the Verkhovna Rada approved a resolution on the resignation of Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko. The entire Cabinet automatically resigned along with her.
On 15 July, Mykhailo Fedorov announced that he was stepping down as head of the Ministry of Defence.
Rallies in support of Mykhailo Fedorov took place in Dnipro, Rivne, Zaporizhzhia, Lutsk, Cherkasy and other cities. Participants are protesting against his resignation.
On 16 July, the Verkhovna Rada voted to appoint a new Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The Prime Minister is Serhii Koretskyi.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he would nominate Yevhen Khmara for the post of Minister of Defence of Ukraine. Prior to this, he had instructed Khmara to act as head of the Ministry of Defence.
Protests against Fedorov’s dismissal continued in Ukrainian cities. In addition to demanding that Fedorov be reinstated as Defence Minister, people called for the dismissal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi.
On 21 July, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Oleksandr Syrskyi from his post as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He appointed General Mykhailo Drapatyi in his place.
On 18 August, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy submitted a proposal to the Verkhovna Rada for the appointment of the Minister of Defence and the Minister of Foreign Affairs.