Zelenskyy appoints new advisers for himself and new deputies for chief-of-staff Yermak
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has appointed two new advisers to the head of state and two new deputy heads of the Office of the President under Andriy Yermak, according to the presidential decrees.
Zelenskyy's new advisers are:
- Dmytro Lytvyn — journalist and one of the authors of the president's speeches. He will be a communications advisor.
- Alexander Kamyshin — the former head of the Ministry of Strategic Industries. He will be an adviser on strategic issues.
Iryna Vereshchuk, former minister of reintegration, and Viktor Mykyta, ex-head of Zakarpattya Oblast Military Administration, became deputy heads of the Presidential Office.
Earlier, Zelenskyy dismissed three deputy heads of the President's Office from their positions - Mykola Tochytskyi, Oleksiy Kuleba, and Yulia Sokolovska.
Tochytskyi headed the Ministry of Culture, and Kuleba became the Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development. Why Sokolovska was fired and whether she will receive another position is currently unknown.