I had no plans to replace Intelligence Chief Budanov and Defence Minister Umierov – Zelenskyy

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stressed that he did not intend to dismiss Defence Minister Rustem Umierov and Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.

Source: Zelenskyy in a comment to journalists, as quoted by Interfax-Ukraine

Quote: "I was not going to do this. I was not going to replace Budanov. Such information was circulating online, yes. There was no such question about Umierov either."

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