{"id":1523660,"date":"2026-07-12T13:59:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1523660"},"modified":"2026-07-12T13:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:59:29","slug":"ukraines-prime-minister-steps-down-as-zelenskyy-announces-government-reshuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1523660","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine’s prime minister steps down as Zelenskyy announces government reshuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FILE – Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko arrives for a meeting with Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda at the Presidential palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo\/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko stepped down on Sunday as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced fresh changes to Ukraine’s government, saying he had offered a new and important position to the former premier.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy, who has remained in office under martial law because wartime elections are prohibited, has periodically reshuffled his government in an effort to bring fresh momentum to his administration.<\/p>\n

Svyrydenko, who has served as Ukraine\u2019s economy minister, was named prime minister in July 2025 at the age of 39 after playing a lead role in securing a mineral agreement between Ukraine and the United States, seen as an important way of tying U.S. interests to Ukraine\u2019s security.<\/p>\n

In a statement on social media, Svyrydenko said she was \u201cproud to have had the honor of leading the government during one of the most difficult periods in Ukraine\u2019s modern history.\u201d She also said she had discussed \u201cnext steps\u201d with Zelenskyy, but did not provide further details.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remain ready to serve the Ukrainian state and carry out every task aimed at strengthening Ukraine\u2019s position, defending our national interests and bringing a just peace closer,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy announced her resignation in a post saying that Ukraine was \u201cchanging its political strategy.\u201d He also said he had offered Svyrydenko the opportunity to lead \u201ca new, important area\u201d in Ukraine\u2019s relations with a key international partner.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach priority area of foreign policy will be assigned to a specific person with substantial experience who is capable of implementing what we agree on at the leaders\u2019 level and what the Ukrainian people expect,\u201d Zelenskyy said, describing the impending reshuffle.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian leader also said there would be changes among the top ranks of Ukraine’s law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy met with a series of senior officials following the announcement, including Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko and Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.<\/p>\n

The overhaul, which Zelenskyy has yet to explain in detail, would be the fourth major reorganization of his government since the start of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion.
\nUkraine continues strikes against Russian oil sites<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, a Ukrainian attack in southwest Russia killed one person and wounded three more, local officials said Sunday, as Kyiv\u2019s forces continued to bombard Russia\u2019s oil facilities.<\/p>\n

The head of Russia’s Samara region, Gov. Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, said that a child was among the injured. He also said that residential homes and apartment buildings were damaged in the strike, as well as an unspecified \u201cindustrial site.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russian media outlets reported that the attack\u2019s target was the region\u2019s Syzran Oil Refinery, with many sharing images that appeared to show plumes of black smoke rising over the site. The refinery, which is owned by oil and gas giant Rosneft and sits some 800 kilometers (500 miles) east of the border, has been a repeated target for Kyiv’s forces.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the governor of Russia\u2019s Rostov region, Yuri Slyusar, said that a tanker had been damaged in a drone attack in the Azov-Black Sea maritime canal. The tanker was empty and there is no threat of an oil spill, Slyusar said.<\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s drone strikes on oil refineries and other infrastructure across Russia have triggered a widespread fuel crisis with gasoline shortages and rationing in multiple regions and motorists waiting for hours to fill their tanks. Moscow has responded by intensifying its bombardment on Kyiv and other cities, exposing Ukraine\u2019s vulnerability to ballistic missile strikes.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described the strikes on Russia\u2019s energy infrastructure as part of Kyiv\u2019s campaign of \u201clong-range sanctions\u201d carried out in response to Moscow\u2019s refusal to halt its four-year invasion of its neighbor.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Russia\u2019s Ministry of Defense said Sunday that it had attacked the ports of Odesa and Chornomorsk in Ukraine\u2019s Odesa region. Ukrainian officials have not yet commented on the claims.<\/p>\n

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Follow the AP\u2019s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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