The Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov submitted his resignation to the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian Parliament). He informed about this on September 4 on Facebook.
At the same time, Rustem Umerov, who is supposed to replace Reznikov as a minister, submitted his resignation from the position of head of the State Property Fund.
On September 3, President Volodymyr Zelensky informed that he would replace the Minister of Defense — "The Ministry needs new approaches and other formats of interaction both with the military and with society as a whole." Oleksiy Reznikov will be replaced by Rustem Umyerov. The media wrote that Reznikov could be appointed ambassador to Britain, but he himself said that he was "not aware.”
Rustem Umyerov is a MP of the "Voice" faction, 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, Rustem Umyerov was part of the Ukrainian delegation that took part in several rounds of negotiations with Russia. He attended negotiations in Belarus and Turkey.
- At the beginning of January 2023, a scandal broke out around the Ministry of Defense due to the purchase of food products at several times inflated prices (in particular, eggs at 17 hryvnias per piece). In August, a new scandal arose — due to the purchase of jackets at allegedly inflated prices.
- In April, Oleksiy Reznikov approved the composition of the Public Anti-Corruption Council. From April 23, the Prozorro system began to display information on non-armed defense purchases, including data on food services.
- The agency for resource provision of the army, which will buy military clothing, food, fuel and lubricants and other necessary items, was headed by Arsen Zhumadilov.