Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov resigned from his post. “Thank you all for the support and constructive criticism. We draw conclusions. We continue the reforms. Even during the war. We strengthen the defense and strive for victory. Thank you Ukraine!”, Reznikov’s words.
But he should stay in the executive, perhaps head of another ministry, according to the Guardian. Instead, the head of military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, who is now the head of the military intelligence service, should be appointed.
Corruption involved magnates close to Zelensky: stop holidays and forced resignations
Rezniko had been driving in Defense since November 4, 2021. But farewell to the seat is not surprising. In recent weeks his ministry has been at the center of a corruption scandal: inflated supply prices for soldiers’ lunches and defective supplies of body armor to troops. Two investigations in which Reznikov was not directly investigated, but some of his aides and collaborators.
Source: Today IT
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