Zelenskyy dismisses a number of ambassadors, including representative to UN Kyslytsia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed a number of ambassadors and appointed five more on the morning of 21 December.

Source: Zelenskyy’s decrees 

Details: In particular, Zelensky dismissed:

• Andrii Pravednyk from the post of Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda;
• Andrii Taran from the post of Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia;
• Petr Beshta from the post of Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania;
• Serhii Korsunskyi from the post of Ambassador to Japan;
• Vasyl Hamianin as Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia and Representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations;
• Pavlo Riabikin from the post of Ambassador to the People's Republic of China;
• Yevheniia Filipenko from the post of Representative to the United Nations Office and other international organisations in Geneva; 
• Serhii Kyslytsia from the positions of Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and to Trinidad and Tobago.

However, Zelenskyy also made a series of appointments, too. The following people were assigned new positions:

• Yuliia Fediv as Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines;
• Viacheslav Yatsiuk as Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda;
• Olha Nikitchenko as Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania;
• Fedir Shandor as Ambassador to Hungary;
• Petr Beshta as Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia.

Background: The day before, Zelenskyy approved the appointment of more than 30 Ukrainian ambassadors abroad.

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