KYIV, July 15 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is set to propose Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko as Ukraine’s new defence minister, several lawmakers said on Wednesday.
Lawmaker Olha Vasylevska-Smahliuk from Zelenskiy’s ruling party said that Klymenko, who has been interior minister since 2023, would be proposed for the post of defence minister. Zelenskiy met with his party ahead of a parliamentary vote on the government changes on Thursday.
It was not immediately clear whether the current defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, would get another government job.
(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa, writing by Olena Harmash; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
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