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The Cabinet of Ministers dismissed all deputy ministers of defense

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Liza Brovko
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The Cabinet of Ministers dismissed all deputy ministers of defense after the head of the department was replaced by Rustem Umerov.

This was reported by the representative of the government in the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian Parliament) Taras Melnychuk.

The following were dismissed:

Rustem Umerov was appointed to the post of Minister of Defense on September 7. On September 4, the Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov resigned, and the next day the parliament supported Reznikovʼs resignation.

The new head of the Ministry of Defense Rustem Umyerov previously served as the head of the State Property Fund. He worked on the start of the "grain corridor" and also engaged in the exchange of prisoners. In the spring of 2022, Umerov was part of the Ukrainian delegation that took part in several rounds of negotiations with Russia. He was present at negotiations in Belarus and Turkey.