Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba has resigned. This was reported by the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk.
The minister's resignation will be considered at one of the next meetings. In addition to Kuleba, MPs will have to consider a number of other changes in the government.
"The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has received a letter of resignation from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba," he said.
According to the law, the candidacy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs is submitted by the President of Ukraine.
Dmytro Kuleba has been head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2020, and before that he was Deputy Prime Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration.
- LB.ua's sources reported on 2 September that the personnel changes were being prepared. At that time, according to the editorial board, the Rada was preparing to appoint new ministers for the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Ministry of Regional Development.
- On 3 September, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said that the list of dismissed and appointed ministers would be wider, and that Dmytro Kuleba might be among those to be dismissed.
- On Tuesday evening, resignations were received from Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshyn, Minister of Justice Denys Malyuska, and Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Ruslan Strilts. The head of the State Property Fund also resigned.
- Then, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, who headed the Ministry of Reintegration, also resigned.
- Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Olha Stefanishyna also resigned. According to LB.ua, she will become Minister of Justice.
- The ruling party called it a "big reset". According to the head of the Servant of the People faction, half of the government is to be replaced.
- Replacing the Cabinet and the Prime Minister during martial law is prohibited by law.