Ministry of Defence

The Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak dismissed the volunteer and photographer Dmytro Muravskyi who used to chair the coordination center in the Department of Communications and Press of the Ministry and was the Minister’s adviser.

Advisor to the President Yuriy Biriukov said that they have introduced two systemic changes into logistics at the Ministry of Defense.

The Defense Ministry of Ukraine rejects accusations of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia that Ukrainian Defense Intelligence runs subversive activities in the occupied Crimea.

In 2016, 40,800 people have already signed contracts to serve in the Ukrainian Army, spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense Lieutenant Colonel Oleksiy Chernobay said during a press briefing on Tuesday, July 26.

The Defense Ministry is to terminate ₴400 million ($16 million) contract with the company Vizyt which supplies food to the soldiers in Desna Military Base in Chernihiv Oblast, referring to the poor quality of food.

Batkivshchyna MP Nadiya Savchenko would agree to head the Ministry of Defense if she got the offer.