Politician Rustem Umerov, nominated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Kyiv s defence minister. AFP
"Now Rustem Umerov should be the head of the (defence) ministry," Zelenskyy said in his evening address. "I expect parliament to support this candidate."
"Oleksiy Reznikov has been through more than 550 days of full-scale war," Zelenskyy added.
"I believe that the ministry needs new approaches and other formats of interaction with both the military and society at large."
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