The Verkhovna Rada supported the dismissal of Oleksiy Reznikov from the post of Minister of Defense of Ukraine.
The decision was supported by 327 people’s deputies.
It should be noted that they plan to appoint Rustem Umerov to the post of Minister of Defense of Ukraine. Earlier, he submitted to the Rada a letter of resignation from the post of head of the State Property Fund .
It is expected that Umerov’s appointment will take place tomorrow.
What preceded this
Let us note that rumors about Reznikov’s resignation have been circulating for a long time. In particular, after a series of scandals with the purchase of food and ammunition by the Ministry of Defense at inflated prices.
So, recently Reznikov offered a bet to the people’s deputy and the journalist because of the scandal with the purchase of jackets for the military of the Ministry of Defense. He said he was ready to resign if it turned out that the department had supplied 180,000 summer jackets instead of winter ones. Otherwise, he suggested that deputy Anastasia Radina resign her mandate, and journalist Mikhail Tkach leave the publication and stop doing journalism for 3 years.
They didn’t make a bet, but they began to talk about Reznikov’s resignation even louder.
On September 3, RBC-Ukraine sources spoke about the reshuffle in the Ministry of Defense and plans to dismiss Reznikov. Later, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky confirmed this information.
In addition, it was reported that after the dismissal of the minister, Reznikov could be appointed ambassador to Britain. However, neither the president nor Reznikov himself has yet commented on this information.
Source : RBC
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