Ukrainian government dismisses Malyar and other deputy defense ministers
At its meeting today, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a decree to dismiss the deputy ministers of defense of Ukraine and the secretary of state of the same department, reported the government's press service.
The government dismissed the following:
- Volodymyr Havrylov from the post of Deputy Defense Minister;
- Rostyslav Zamlynskyi from the post of Deputy Minister of Defense;
- Hanna Malyar from the post of Deputy Minister of Defense;
- Denys Sharapov from the post of Deputy Minister of Defense;
- Andriy Shevchenko as Deputy Minister of Defense for European Integration;
- Vitaliy Deynega as Deputy Minister of Defense for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalization;
- Kostiantyn Vashchenko as State Secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
MP Oleksiy Honcharenko clarified that the Cabinet of Ministers dismissed all the deputy ministers of defense and the state secretary of the ministry.
A source in the Defense Ministry explained that, according to Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On Central Executive Bodies," in the event of a minister's dismissal, the first deputy minister and deputy ministers are dismissed from their posts.
Background
In his evening video address on September 3, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he had decided to replace the Minister of Defense of Ukraine. This happened after a series of scandals with procurement by the Ministry of Defense.
As a result, on September 5, the Verkhovna Rada dismissed Oleksii Reznikov from the post of Minister of Defense of Ukraine. He had been at the helm of the ministry for almost two years, since November 2021.