Appointment of Klymenko as Defense Minister postponed due to lack of votes - MP
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Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported that there are currently no votes for the appointment of Ihor Klymenko as Defense Minister. The vote will not take place today.
Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko will not be appointed to the post of Minister of Defense of Ukraine for now, as there are currently no votes. People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak wrote about this on Telegram.
Details
As for Klymenko as Minister of Defense - there are no votes as of now. Accordingly, no one will vote for him today
Additionally
People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will propose Ihor Klymenko, who headed the Ministry of Internal Affairs, for the post of Minister of Defense. He added that Fedorov will not retain his post "due to the failure of the TCC reform."
Against the backdrop of Mykhailo Fedorov's dismissal, advisors to the Minister of Defense - Serhiy Sternenko and Serhiy "Flash" Beskrestnov - announced the end of their work at the Ministry of Defense.
In addition, Deputy Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Pavlo Yelizarov submitted his resignation. He added that he does not express a desire to continue military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and does not wish to serve in the military reserve under the relevant military specialty.
Reminder
On Thursday, July 16, the Verkhovna Rada appointed Serhiy Koretsky, who heads NAK "Naftogaz of Ukraine," as the new Prime Minister of Ukraine, replacing Yuliia Svyrydenko.
The new head of government noted that it is necessary to wait for the vote on the appointment of the next Minister of Defense, and then take the next steps.