Former deputy head of President's Office becomes advisor to defence minister

Kyrylo Tymoshenko, former head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, has started working as an advisor to Rustem Umierov, Minister of Defence of Ukraine.

Source: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine to New Voice (NV)

Details: NV reports that Tymoshenko has been appointed as advisor to the defence minister of Ukraine on 1 March 2024.

Quote: "Tymoshenko’s main responsibility is media and communications, coordination of the information policy in the Ministry of Defence and in its subordinate structures, as well as establishing a single information agenda in the Defence Forces of Ukraine during martial law."

Details: NV’s sources said that Tymoshenko "regularly visits the Defence Ministry and basically works there. He has meetings with Umierov, has an office there and brings his team to the ministry."

Previously:

In January 2023, Kyrylo Tymoshenko confirmed that he resigned from the Office of the President and posted a photo with his letter of resignation.

Read more: Not the "martial law" of Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of Ukraine’s Office of the President

Background: 

• Journalists of BIHUS Info, a Ukrainian independent investigative agency, reported that Kyrylo Tymoshenko drives a Chevrolet Tahoe SUV that the General Motors company sent to Ukraine to help in evacuation of civilians from combat zones and humanitarian missions.
• Tymoshenko has not denied this himself, but he has explained that he travels to liberated territories of Ukraine in this vehicle, and it is declared on the balance sheet of the State Management of Affairs.
• Later, Tymoshenko stated that he would no longer use the Chevrolet Tahoe SUV that was supplied to Ukraine for humanitarian missions, and requested to send the vehicle to front line areas. 
• Tymoshenko was criticised in regard to his regional policies. He was dealing with regional policy in a way perceived as self-promotional.
• In December 2022, Ukrainska Pravda reported that Kyrylo Tymoshenko was driving a Porsche Taycan worth US$100,000 while martial law was in effect in the country. 
• Journalists found out that the car officially belongs to Novem Logistics LTD, which is registered in Kyiv at the address of Parkova Doroha, 16a. This is the address of the Parkovyi Congress and Exhibition Centre, where the Servant of the People party regularly met until 24 February. Businessman Vemir Davitian is the sole owner of the company.
• Tymoshenko confirmed that the car belongs to Davitian in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda. As he said himself, he used this Porsche three or four times and returned it a few months ago. However, Ukrainska Pravda’s sources said that Tymoshenko had used this vehicle at least six times.
• On 3 October 2023, Tymoshenko announced that he had refuted all the claims made against him by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention in court.

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