Andrii Sybiha becomes Ukraine’s top diplomat amid major cabinet reshuffle

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s nominee is appointed by Ukraine’s parliament pursuing the resignation of Dmytro Kuleba.

Ukraine’s parliament has approved President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s nominee, Andrii Sybiha, arsenic the country’s caller overseas curate aft accepting the resignation of Dmytro Kuleba.

The assignment of the lawman overseas curate arsenic the country’s apical diplomat connected Thursday is portion of the largest reshuffle of Ukraine’s authorities since the commencement of Russia’s full-scale penetration successful February 2022, with Zelenskyy saying the state needs “new energy”.

Kuleba, who offered his resignation connected Wednesday, was not contiguous successful parliament for the vote. Local media reports said helium would statesman a caller station for Ukraine’s integration into NATO.

Parliament has accepted the resignations of 2 lawman premier ministers and respective ministers successful the past 2 days.

Sybiha, a vocation diplomat, worked for respective years successful Zelenskyy’s office, overseeing overseas argumentation and strategical partnerships.

Analysts person said they expect nary alteration successful Ukraine’s overseas policy. During the warfare with Russia, the country’s apical diplomat has often played 2nd fiddle to the president’s bureau connected galore cardinal matters of overseas policy.

Parliament is besides expected to name 8 different caller ministers connected Thursday arsenic portion of the authorities reset.

The shake-up comes astatine a tense infinitesimal for Ukraine, which is struggling to halt Russian advances successful the eastbound portion carrying retired an violative successful Russia’s Kursk region.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said connected Wednesday the reshuffle “will not impact anything”, according to Russian authorities quality bureau TASS.

The enactment alteration besides takes spot up of the statesmanlike predetermination successful the United States – Ukraine’s main backer – with the Republican nominee Donald Trump a Ukraine sceptic.

“We request caller energy,” said Zelenskyy, erstwhile asked astir the reshuffle connected Wednesday. “And these steps are related to strengthening our authorities successful assorted areas.”

US trip

Zelenskyy is preparing to question to the US aboriginal this period to contiguous what Kyiv has called his “victory plan” to President Joe Biden.

He volition besides enactment successful a gathering connected Friday of the Ramstein radical of nations which supplies arms to Ukraine, German mag Der Spiegel reported.

Zelenskyy has been repeatedly calling connected allies to assistance restrictions that prohibition Ukraine from utilizing Western weapons for long-range strikes into Russia.

The Ukrainian president’s elected word ended successful May, but helium has remained successful his station due to the fact that the state is nether martial law.

Ukraine’s defence apparatus has seen respective changes since the opening of the invasion, including with the removal of service main Valerii Zaluzhnyi, who was replaced by Oleksandr Syrskii earlier this year.