Ukrainian president responds to dismissal of senior officials
Xinhua News Agency, Kyiv, January 25 (Reporter Li Dongxu) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a video speech on the 24th on the removal of several senior officials by signing a presidential decree earlier that day.
He said any internal problems that were hindering the country "are being cleared and will continue to be cleared".
According to a report on the Ukrainian President’s website on the 24th, Zelensky said in a video speech that Ukrainians have witnessed this personnel adjustment, which will help Ukraine integrate with the European national system.
Zelenskiy said any internal problems that hindered the country "are being cleared and will continue to be cleared".
According to reports on the website of the Ukrainian president, Zelensky signed multiple presidential decrees on the 24th, approving the decision of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Commission on imposing restrictions and economic sanctions on relevant religious institutions and religious figures in Ukraine, and lifted the Kyiv Oblast, Hull Alexey Kulyeba was appointed Deputy Chief of the Presidential Office for the positions of military administrators of the Song, Sumy, Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk regions.
On the 23rd, Zelensky signed a presidential decree agreeing to Kirill Tymoshenko's resignation application and dismissing him as deputy director of the President's Office.
Ukrainian Cabinet Minister Nemchinov posted on social media on the 24th that the Ukrainian cabinet held a meeting that day and decided to dismiss four deputy ministers of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Social Policy and other institutions.
Ukrainian media analyzed that the large-scale replacement of Ukrainian cabinet and local officials may be related to the many corruption and criminal cases that have been exposed recently.