I can't predict what ministers will do after resigning – Zelenskyy on government reshuffle

Commenting on the latest changes in the government, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the Cabinet of Ministers needed "new energy". He also said he could not predict what the ministers will do after they resign.

Source: Zelenskyy during a press conference with Taioseach (Irish Prime Minister) Simon Harris

Quote: "I have already spoken about the reset in our Cabinet of Ministers and many of the ministries.

I am very grateful to the ministers and the entire Cabinet team who have been working for Ukraine and Ukrainians for four and a half years now – some for five years. We need new energy today, and these measures are linked to strengthening our state in various areas.

International politics and diplomacy are no exception. I cannot predict today what particular ministers will do after they have resigned. We will get answers when they are offered positions. It’s too early to talk about it now."

Details: On 4 September, the Ukrainian parliament adjourned while considering Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba's resignation. Yaroslav Zhelezniak, a member of the Holos (Voice) faction, wrote on Telegram that the Servant of the People faction realised that the vote in parliament would fail.

Background:

• On 4 September, the Ukrainian Parliament dismissed Ruslan Strilets, Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources; Oleksandr Kamyshin, Minister of Strategic Industries; Denys Maliuska, Minister of Justice; and Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration.
• Ukrainska Pravda’s sources report that Stefanishyna is to be appointed Minister of Justice in addition to continuing to work on Ukraine’s European integration.

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