Personnel changes in Ukraine's government, Russia attacks Lviv, security agreement with Ireland: September 4 highlights

Russia attacked Lviv with Kinzhal missiles Shahed drones

On the morning of September 4, Russia attacked Lviv, launching Shahed attack drones and Kinzhal ballistic missiles.

53 people were injured. Seven people were killed, including a 7-year-old child. In one of the families, only the father survived. Russians killed his wife Yevhenia and three daughters - Yaryna, Daryna, and Emilia.

Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi said that the Russian strike hit the historic district of the city, damaging more than 50 buildings. Poland has expressed its readiness to help reconstruct the damaged buildings.

Personnel changes in Ukraine’s government

On September 4, the parliament approved the dismissals of:

• Oleksandr Kamyshyn as Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine;
• Olha Stefanishyna as Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine;
• Ruslan Strilets as Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine;
• Denys Maliuska as Minister of Justice.

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba also submitted a resignation letter to parliament.

David Arakhamia, head of the Servant of the People fraction, also said that the Heads of the Ministry of Reintegration and the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Iryna Vereshchuk and Oleksandr Kamishyn, will be joining the Presidential Office.

“We need new energy, and these steps are only related to strengthening our state in various areas,” said President Zelenskyy commenting on major personnel changes in the Ukrainian government.

Ukraine and Ireland sign security agreement

Ukraine and Ireland signed an agreement on support and cooperation between the two countries. This year, the country has committed €128 million in non-lethal military support to Ukraine and at least €40 million in humanitarian aid.

Germany orders IRIS-T for Ukraine

Germany has ordered 17 IRIS-T air-defense systems for Ukraine, four of which will be delivered this year, says German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. 

According to the official, the Ukrainian military now has seven of these systems, and they have helped down more than 250 Russian missiles and attack drones.

Energoatom denies the accident at the South Ukraine NPP

Ukraine’s nuclear power company Energoatom assures that no accidents have occurred at the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant in the Mykolaiv region.

Earlier, the media reported that the electric power at the plant had been reduced due to Russian strikes on the power grid. One source reported there was no accident, but another confirmed it.

Parliament fails to dismiss MP Bezuhla 

Parliament failed to dismiss Mariana Bezuhla from her post as deputy head of the National Security Committee of the Verkhovna Rada.

MP Oleksiy Honcharenko said that no votes for Bezuhla's dismissal were cast by MPs from the former Opposition Platform – For Life party.

MP Dubinsky is served a new suspicion

Law enforcement officers have served a new suspicion and replaced the previously reported suspicion against the current MP of Ukraine Oleksandr Dubinsky, who is currently in jail.

The investigation found that the MP had repeatedly helped Ukrainian men to cross the country's border.

Other important news

• Death toll after Russian attack on Poltava on Sept. 3 rises to 53.
• Russia attacked Kryvyi Rih: six people injured, including a child.
• Ukraine evacuates 25 more of its citizens from Lebanon.
• Davyd Arakhamia announces the creation of a new institution in the Ukrainian government – the Ministry of Return of Ukrainians.
• Bloomberg reports that the IMF will require Ukraine to devalue its currency faster, cut interest rates, and strengthen its tax-raising efforts